How to buy Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY) stock

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc is an utilities-renewable business based in the US. Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares (AY) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure employs 456 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure stock price (NASDAQ: AY)

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Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-07-22.

Latest market close	$36.35
52-week range	$25.10 - $46.81
50-day moving average	$37.28
200-day moving average	$38.15
Wall St. target price	$43.33
PE ratio	121.6563
Dividend yield	$1.69 (4.36%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.32

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Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $36.35 from 2021-05-28

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1 month (2021-06-23)	-2.47%
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Is Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure under- or over-valued?

Valuing Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's P/E ratio

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 122x. In other words, Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares trade at around 122x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's EBITDA

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $775.4 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure financials

Revenue TTM	$1.1 billion
Operating margin TTM	33.43%
Gross profit TTM	$1.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	2.31%
Return on equity TTM	2.54%
Profit margin	3.09%
Book value	$14.73
Market capitalisation	$4.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares

There are currently 4.5 million Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares held short by investors – that's known as Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's "short interest". This figure is 10.3% up from 4.1 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares can be evaluated.

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares traded daily (recently around 548495.11599512). Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's SIR currently stands at 8.19. In other words for every 100,000 Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares traded daily on the market, roughly 8190 shares are currently held short.

However Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares, or, against the total number of tradable Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0728% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares, roughly 73 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure.

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Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 5.15% of net profits

Recently Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has paid out, on average, around 5.15% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.55% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shareholders could enjoy a 4.55% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's case, that would currently equate to about $1.69 per share.

While Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure is investing more in its future growth.

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's most recent dividend payout was on 14 June 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 26 May 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's shares have ranged in value from as little as $25.0967 up to $46.8137. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's is 0.6795. This would suggest that Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure overview

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc owns and manages renewable energy, natural gas, transmission and transportation infrastructures, and water assets in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Spain, Algeria, and South Africa. It owns 28 assets comprising 1,591 MW of aggregate renewable energy installed generation capacity; 343 MW of natural gas-fired power generation capacity; 1,166 miles of electric transmission lines; and 17. 5 million cubic feet per day of water desalination assets. The company was formerly known as Atlantica Yield plc and changed its name to Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc in May 2020. Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Brentford, the United Kingdom. .

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 44.607% of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares are held by insiders and 48.179% by institutions. How many people work for Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure?
Latest data suggests 456 work at Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure. When does the fiscal year end for Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure?
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure based?
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's address is: Great West House, Brentford, United Kingdom, TW8 9DF What is Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's ISIN number?
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's international securities identification number is: GB00BLP5YB54 What is Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's CUSIP number?
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: G00349103