How to buy Blucora stock | 12.36

Blucora, Inc is an asset management business based in the US. Blucora shares (BCOR) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Blucora employs 690 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$722.9 million.

How to buy shares in Blucora

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 Blucora. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: BCOR. 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 Blucora 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$12.36, 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 Blucora, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Blucora. 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.

How has coronavirus impacted Blucora's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Blucora's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$12.36, which is 43.74% down on its pre-crash value of USD$21.97 and 42.73% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$8.66.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Blucora shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$404.30 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$537.91.

Blucora share price

Use our graph to track the performance of BCOR stocks over time.

Blucora shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$12.36
52-week range	USD$8.66 - USD$26.51
50-day moving average	USD$10.1365
200-day moving average	USD$11.6747
Wall St. target price	USD$16
PE ratio	14.4898
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.244

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Is it a good time to buy Blucora stock?

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Blucora price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $12.36 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-23)	-5.29%
1 month (2020-10-30)	24.22%
3 months (2020-08-28)	3.17%
6 months (2020-05-29)	1.73%

1 year (2019-11-29)	-47.49%
2 years (2018-11-30)	-60.08%
3 years (2017-11-30)	-39.85%
5 years (2015-11-30)	16.27%

Is Blucora under- or over-valued?

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

Blucora's P/E ratio

Blucora's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 14x. In other words, Blucora shares trade at around 14x 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.

Blucora's PEG ratio

Blucora's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.4132. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Blucora's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Blucora's EBITDA

Blucora's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$51.6 million.

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

Blucora financials

Revenue TTM	USD$722.9 million
Operating margin TTM	1.59%
Gross profit TTM	USD$355.2 million
Return on assets TTM	0.68%
Return on equity TTM	-57.25%
Profit margin	-43.01%
Book value	$7.929
Market capitalisation	USD$504.4 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Blucora shares

There are currently 1.5 million Blucora shares held short by investors – that's known as Blucora's "short interest". This figure is 2.3% down from 1.5 million last month.

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

Blucora's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Blucora's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Blucora shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Blucora shares traded daily (recently around 373196.41025641). Blucora's SIR currently stands at 3.9. In other words for every 100,000 Blucora shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3900 shares are currently held short.

However Blucora's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Blucora shares, or, against the total number of tradable Blucora shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Blucora's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Blucora shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0504% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Blucora shares, roughly 50 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 Blucora.

Find out more about how you can short Blucora stock.

Blucora share dividends

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

Have Blucora's shares ever split?

Blucora's shares were split on a 1:10 basis on 13 September 2002. So if you had owned 10 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Blucora shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 900% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Blucora shares which in turn could have impacted Blucora's share price.

Blucora share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Blucora's shares have ranged in value from as little as $8.66 up to $26.51. 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 Blucora's is 1.2471. This would suggest that Blucora's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Blucora overview

Blucora, Inc. provides technology-enabled financial solutions to consumers, small business owners, tax professionals, financial advisors, and certified public accounting firms in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Wealth Management and Tax Preparation. The Wealth Management segment offers an integrated platform of brokerage, investment advisory, and insurance services to financial advisors. The Tax Preparation segment provides digital do-it-yourself tax preparation solutions through TaxAct.com; and ancillary services, including refund payment transfer, audit defense, stored value cards, gift cards, retirement investment accounts, and e-filing services. This segment also offers professional tax preparer software that allows professional tax preparers to prepare and file individual and business returns. The company was formerly known as InfoSpace, Inc. and changed its name to Blucora, Inc. in June 2012. Blucora, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 2.168% of Blucora shares are held by insiders and 97.951% by institutions.

• How many people work for Blucora?

  Latest data suggests 690 work at Blucora.

• When does the fiscal year end for Blucora?

  Blucora's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Blucora based?

  Blucora's address is: 6333 State Highway 161, Irving, TX, United States, 75038

• What is Blucora's ISIN number?

  Blucora's international securities identification number is: US0952291005

• What is Blucora's CUSIP number?

  Blucora's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 095229100