How to buy Bioanalytical Systems stock | $8.53

Bioanalytical Systems, Inc is a diagnostics & research business based in the US. Bioanalytical Systems shares (BASI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Bioanalytical Systems employs 397 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$60.5 million.

How to buy shares in Bioanalytical Systems

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3. Search for Bioanalytical Systems. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: BASI. 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 Bioanalytical Systems 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$8.53, 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 Bioanalytical Systems, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Bioanalytical Systems. 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.

Bioanalytical Systems share price

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Bioanalytical Systems shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$8.53
52-week range	USD$3.05 - USD$10.74
50-day moving average	USD$7.0845
200-day moving average	USD$5.5319
Wall St. target price	USD$17
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.124

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Bioanalytical Systems price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $8.53 from 2020-12-18

1 week (2021-01-08)	-34.23%
1 month (2020-12-16)	7.03%
3 months (2020-10-15)	66.60%
6 months (2020-07-15)	81.49%

1 year (2020-01-15)	56.51%
2 years (2019-01-15)	556.15%
3 years (2018-01-12)	255.42%
5 years (2016-01-15)	527.21%

Is Bioanalytical Systems under- or over-valued?

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

Bioanalytical Systems's EBITDA

Bioanalytical Systems's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$2.2 million.

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

Bioanalytical Systems financials

Revenue TTM	USD$60.5 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$18.2 million
Return on assets TTM	-2.25%
Return on equity TTM	-51.19%
Profit margin	-7.75%
Book value	$0.69
Market capitalisation	USD$105.7 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Bioanalytical Systems shares

There are currently 10,597 Bioanalytical Systems shares held short by investors – that's known as Bioanalytical Systems's "short interest". This figure is 117.7% up from 4,868 last month.

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

Bioanalytical Systems's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Bioanalytical Systems's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Bioanalytical Systems shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Bioanalytical Systems shares traded daily (recently around 36541.379310345). Bioanalytical Systems's SIR currently stands at 0.29. In other words for every 100,000 Bioanalytical Systems shares traded daily on the market, roughly 290 shares are currently held short.

However Bioanalytical Systems's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Bioanalytical Systems shares, or, against the total number of tradable Bioanalytical Systems shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Bioanalytical Systems's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Bioanalytical Systems shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0015% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Bioanalytical Systems shares, roughly 2 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 Bioanalytical Systems.

Find out more about how you can short Bioanalytical Systems stock.

Bioanalytical Systems share dividends

We're not expecting Bioanalytical Systems to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Bioanalytical Systems share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Bioanalytical Systems's shares have ranged in value from as little as $3.05 up to $10.74. 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 Bioanalytical Systems's is 1.7638. This would suggest that Bioanalytical Systems's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Bioanalytical Systems overview

Bioanalytical Systems, Inc., doing business as Inotiv, a pharmaceutical development company, provides drug discovery and development services, and analytical instruments for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, and government organizations in the United States, rest of North America, the Pacific Rim, Europe, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Contract Research Services and Research Products. The Contract Research Services segment offers screening and pharmacological testing, nonclinical safety testing, formulation development, regulatory compliance, and quality control testing services. This segment also provides in vivo sampling services for the continuous monitoring of chemical changes in life; non-clinical toxicology and pathology services; analytical method development and validation; drug metabolism, bioanalysis, and pharmacokinetics testing to measure drug and metabolite concentrations in complex biological matrices; stability testing to ensure the integrity of various solutions used in nonclinical and clinical studies, and post-study analyses; and climate-controlled archiving services for its customers' data and samples. The Research Products segment offers analytical products comprising liquid chromatographic and electrochemical instruments with associated accessories; in vivo sampling products consisting of Culex family of automated in vivo sampling and dosing instruments; and Vetronics' products, such as instruments and related software to monitor and diagnose cardiac function, and measure other vital physiological parameters in cats and dogs in veterinary clinics. Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Bioanalytical Systems is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 34.563% of Bioanalytical Systems shares are held by insiders and 10.683% by institutions.

• How many people work for Bioanalytical Systems?

  Latest data suggests 397 work at Bioanalytical Systems.

• When does the fiscal year end for Bioanalytical Systems?

  Bioanalytical Systems's fiscal year ends in September.

• Where is Bioanalytical Systems based?

  Bioanalytical Systems's address is: 2701 Kent Avenue, West Lafayette, IN, United States, 47906

• What is Bioanalytical Systems's ISIN number?

  Bioanalytical Systems's international securities identification number is: US09058M1036

• What is Bioanalytical Systems's CUSIP number?

  Bioanalytical Systems's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 09058M103