How to buy Avanos Medical stock | $32.84

Avanos Medical Inc is a medical devices business based in the US. Avanos Medical shares (AVNS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Avanos Medical employs 5,380 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Avanos Medical stock price (NYSE: AVNS)

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Avanos Medical shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-10-16.

Latest market close	$32.84
52-week range	$30.70 - $53.61
50-day moving average	$32.14
200-day moving average	$37.25
Wall St. target price	$43.00
PE ratio	821
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.04

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Avanos Medical price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $32.84 from 2021-10-15

1 week (2021-10-08)	2.46%
1 month (2021-09-17)	-0.24%
3 months (2021-07-16)	-4.98%
6 months (2021-04-16)	-26.99%

1 year (2020-10-16)	-13.90%
2 years (2019-10-17)	-16.73%
3 years (2018-10-17)	62.01
5 years (2016-10-17)	34.03

Is Avanos Medical under- or over-valued?

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

Avanos Medical's P/E ratio

Avanos Medical's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 821x. In other words, Avanos Medical shares trade at around 821x 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.

Avanos Medical's EBITDA

Avanos Medical's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $54.4 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Avanos Medical's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Avanos Medical financials

Revenue TTM	$737.8 million
Operating margin TTM	1.86%
Gross profit TTM	$390.6 million
Return on assets TTM	0.5%
Return on equity TTM	0.19%
Profit margin	0.32%
Book value	$26.95
Market capitalisation	$1.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Avanos Medical shares

There are currently 1.2 million Avanos Medical shares held short by investors – that's known as Avanos Medical's "short interest". This figure is 18.6% up from 1.0 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Avanos Medical shares can be evaluated.

Avanos Medical's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Avanos Medical's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Avanos Medical shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Avanos Medical shares traded daily (recently around 380980.67484663). Avanos Medical's SIR currently stands at 3.26. In other words for every 100,000 Avanos Medical shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3260 shares are currently held short.

However Avanos Medical's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Avanos Medical shares, or, against the total number of tradable Avanos Medical shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Avanos Medical's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Avanos Medical shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.026% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Avanos Medical shares, roughly 26 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Avanos Medical.

Find out more about how you can short Avanos Medical stock.

Avanos Medical share dividends

We're not expecting Avanos Medical to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Avanos Medical share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Avanos Medical's shares have ranged in value from as little as $30.7 up to $53.61. 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 (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Avanos Medical's is 0.9026. This would suggest that Avanos Medical's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Avanos Medical overview

Avanos Medical, Inc. operates as a medical technology company that focuses on delivering medical device solutions to improve patients' quality of life in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It offers a portfolio of chronic care products that include digestive health products, such as Mic-Key enteral feeding tubes, Corpak patient feeding solutions, and NeoMed neonatal and pediatric feeding solutions; and respiratory health products, such as closed airway suction systems and other airway management devices under the Ballard, Microcuff, and Endoclear brands. The company also provides a portfolio of non-opioid pain solutions, including acute pain products, such as On-Q and ambIT surgical pain pumps and Game Ready cold and compression therapy systems; and interventional pain solutions, which offers minimally invasive pain relieving therapies, such as Coolief pain relief therapy. It markets its products directly to hospitals and other healthcare providers, healthcare facilities, and other end-user customers, as well as through third-party wholesale distributors. The company was formerly known as Halyard Health, Inc. and changed its name to Avanos Medical, Inc.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Avanos Medical is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 1.093% of Avanos Medical shares are held by insiders and 94.571% by institutions. How many people work for Avanos Medical?
Latest data suggests 5,380 work at Avanos Medical. When does the fiscal year end for Avanos Medical?
Avanos Medical's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Avanos Medical based?
Avanos Medical's address is: 5405 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta, GA, United States, 30004 What is Avanos Medical's ISIN number?
Avanos Medical's international securities identification number is: US05350V1061 What is Avanos Medical's CUSIP number?
Avanos Medical's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 05350V106