How to buy Atlanticus Holdings Corporation stock | $23.21

Atlanticus Holdings Corporation is a credit services business based in the US. Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares (ATLC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Atlanticus Holdings Corporation employs 314 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$249.4 million.

How to buy shares in Atlanticus Holdings Corporation

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3. Search for Atlanticus Holdings Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ATLC. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Atlanticus Holdings Corporation reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$23.21, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Atlanticus Holdings Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Atlanticus Holdings Corporation. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Atlanticus Holdings Corporation share price

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Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$23.21
52-week range	USD$5 - USD$29.8999
50-day moving average	USD$18.3624
200-day moving average	USD$12.8268
Wall St. target price	USD$3
PE ratio	7.7955
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$3.08

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Is it a good time to buy Atlanticus Holdings Corporation stock?

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Atlanticus Holdings Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $23.21 from 2021-01-11

1 week (2021-01-08)	-2.72%
1 month (2020-12-15)	8.61%
3 months (2020-10-15)	80.90%
6 months (2020-07-15)	118.34%

1 year (2020-01-15)	111.38%
2 years (2019-01-15)	570.81%
3 years (2018-01-12)	931.51%
5 years (2016-01-15)	643.91%

Is Atlanticus Holdings Corporation under- or over-valued?

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

Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's P/E ratio

Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 8x. In other words, Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares trade at around 8x recent earnings.

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

Atlanticus Holdings Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$249.4 million
Operating margin TTM	32.88%
Gross profit TTM	USD$-14,317,000
Return on assets TTM	7.6%
Return on equity TTM	70.62%
Profit margin	28.01%
Book value	$3.888
Market capitalisation	USD$383.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares

There are currently 727,665 Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 1.7% down from 740,113 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares can be evaluated.

Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 23488.218205294). Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's SIR currently stands at 30.98. In other words for every 100,000 Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 30980 shares are currently held short.

However Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.05% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares in existence, roughly 50 shares are currently held short) or 0.1082% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares, roughly 108 shares are currently held short).

A SIR above 20% would generally be considered very high, pointing to a pessimistic outlook for the share price, with a discouraging number of investors currently willing to bet against Atlanticus Holdings Corporation.

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Atlanticus Holdings Corporation share dividends

We're not expecting Atlanticus Holdings Corporation to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Atlanticus Holdings Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5 up to $29.8999. 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 Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's is 0.8719. This would suggest that Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Atlanticus Holdings Corporation overview

Atlanticus Holdings Corporation provides credit and related financial services and products to financially underserved consumer credit market in the United States. It operates in two segments, Credit and Other Investments, and Auto Finance. The Credit and Other Investments segment originates a range of consumer loan products, such as retail credit and credit cards through various channels, including retail point-of-sale, direct mail solicitation, digital marketing, and partnerships with third parties; and offers credit to their customers for the purchase of various goods and services, including consumer electronics, furniture, elective medical procedures, healthcare, educational services, and home-improvements by partnering with retailers and service providers. This segment also invests in and services portfolios of credit card receivables. In addition, it offers loan servicing, such as risk management and customer service outsourcing for third parties; and engages in testing and investment activities in consumer finance technology platforms. The Auto Finance segment purchases and/or services loans secured by automobiles from or for a pre-qualified network of independent automotive dealers and automotive finance companies in the buy-here, pay-here, and used car business. This segment also provides floor plan financing and installment lending products. The company was formerly known as CompuCredit Holdings Corporation and changed its name to Atlanticus Holdings Corporation in November 2012. Atlanticus Holdings Corporation was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Atlanticus Holdings Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 59.234% of Atlanticus Holdings Corporation shares are held by insiders and 17.187% by institutions.

• How many people work for Atlanticus Holdings Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 314 work at Atlanticus Holdings Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Atlanticus Holdings Corporation?

  Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Atlanticus Holdings Corporation based?

  Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's address is: Five Concourse Parkway, Atlanta, GA, United States, 30328

• What is Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's ISIN number?

  Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's international securities identification number is: US04914Y1029

• What is Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Atlanticus Holdings Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 04914Y102