How to buy Avaya stock

Avaya Holdings Corp is a software-application business based in the US. Avaya shares (AVYA) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Avaya employs 8,266 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$2.9 billion.

How to buy shares in Avaya

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Avaya. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: AVYA. 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 Avaya 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. 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 Avaya, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Avaya. 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.

Avaya share price

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Avaya shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$6.13 - USD$34.06
50-day moving average	USD$24.6882
200-day moving average	USD$19.1795
Wall St. target price	USD$34.33
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-3.289

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Avaya financials

Revenue TTM	USD$2.9 billion
Operating margin TTM	9.34%
Gross profit TTM	USD$1.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	2.53%
Return on equity TTM	-77.4%
Profit margin	-21.72%
Book value	$3.103
Market capitalisation	USD$2.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Avaya shares

There are currently 9.2 million Avaya shares held short by investors – that's known as Avaya's "short interest". This figure is 18.8% down from 11.3 million last month.

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

Avaya's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Avaya's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Avaya shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Avaya shares traded daily (recently around 1.3 million). Avaya's SIR currently stands at 7.26. In other words for every 100,000 Avaya shares traded daily on the market, roughly 7260 shares are currently held short.

However Avaya's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Avaya shares, or, against the total number of tradable Avaya shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Avaya's short interest could be expressed as 0.11% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Avaya shares in existence, roughly 110 shares are currently held short) or 0.1285% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Avaya shares, roughly 129 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 Avaya.

Find out more about how you can short Avaya stock.

Avaya share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Avaya's shares have ranged in value from as little as $6.13 up to $34.06. 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 Avaya's is 1.7239. This would suggest that Avaya's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Avaya overview

Avaya Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, provides digital communications products, solutions, and services for businesses worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Products & Solutions and Services. The Products & Solutions segment offers unified communications and contact center platforms, applications, and devices. This segments unified communications and collaboration solutions enable organizations to provide their workers with a single application, or app, for all-channel calling, messaging, meetings, and team collaboration with the same ease of use as existing consumer apps; and contact center solutions enable customers to build a customized portfolio of applications driving customer engagement and customer value. Its communications solutions include voice, email, chat, social media, video, performance management, and third-party integration. The Services segment provides global support services, enterprise cloud and managed services, and professional services. The company also provides business devices, such as IP-enabled handsets, multimedia devices, and video conferencing systems. Avaya Holdings Corp. sells directly through its sales force, as well as indirectly through its network of channel partners, including distributors, service providers, dealers, value-added resellers, system integrators, and business partners. The company has a strategic collaboration with RingCentral, Inc. to accelerate the company's transition to the cloud. The company is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Avaya is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 2.516% of Avaya shares are held by insiders and 113.288% by institutions.

• How many people work for Avaya?

  Latest data suggests 8,266 work at Avaya.

• When does the fiscal year end for Avaya?

  Avaya's fiscal year ends in September.

• Where is Avaya based?

  Avaya's address is: 2605 Meridian Parkway, Durham, NC, United States, 27713

• What is Avaya's ISIN number?

  Avaya's international securities identification number is: US05351X1019

• What is Avaya's CUSIP number?

  Avaya's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 05351X101