How to buy Brooks Automation stock

Brooks Automation is a semiconductor equipment & materials business based in the US. Brooks Automation shares (BRKS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Brooks Automation employs 2,800 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $513.7 million.

Brooks Automation stock price (NASDAQ: BRKS)

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Brooks Automation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2022-03-13.

Latest market close	$87.57
52-week range	$0.00 - $0.00
50-day moving average more info button	$111.13
200-day moving average more info button	$96.78
Wall St. target price	$136.14
PE ratio more info button	76.1616
Dividend yield more info button	$0.4 (0.34%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$1.49

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Brooks Automation price performance over time

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2 years (2021-02-01)	9.68%
3 years (2020-01-31)	129.96%
5 years (2018-01-31)	213.87%

Is Brooks Automation stock undervalued or overvalued?

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

Brooks Automation's P/E ratio

Brooks Automation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 76x. In other words, Brooks Automation shares trade at around 76x 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.

Brooks Automation's PEG ratio

Brooks Automation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.24. 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 Brooks Automation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Brooks Automation's EBITDA

Brooks Automation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $68.7 million.

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

Brooks Automation financials

Revenue TTM	$513.7 million
Operating margin TTM	0.65%
Gross profit TTM	$243.8 million
Return on assets TTM	0.12%
Return on equity TTM	-2.27%
Profit margin	21.56%
Book value	$18.09
Market capitalisation more info button	$8.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Brooks Automation share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 35.09% of net profits

Recently Brooks Automation has paid out, on average, around 35.09% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.34% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Brooks Automation shareholders could enjoy a 0.34% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Brooks Automation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.4 per share.

While Brooks Automation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Brooks Automation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Brooks Automation's most recent dividend payout was on 22 December 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 1 December 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Brooks Automation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Brooks Automation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0 up to $0. 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 Brooks Automation's is 1.7709. This would suggest that Brooks Automation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Brooks Automation overview

Brooks Automation, Inc. provides manufacturing automation solutions for the semiconductor industry, and life science sample-based services and solutions for the life sciences market worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Life Sciences Products and Life Sciences Services. The Life Sciences Products segment offers automated ultra-cold storage systems and consumables, including racks, tubes, caps, plates, and foils; instruments, such as labeling, bar coding, capping, de-capping, auditing, sealing, peeling, piercing tubes, and plates. The Life Sciences Services segment offers genomic services and sample repository solutions, including on-site and off-site sample storage, cold chain logistics, sample transport and collection relocation, bio-processing solutions, disaster recovery and business continuity, and biospecimen procurement services, as well as project management and consulting; and informatics provides sample intelligence software solutions, which support laboratory workflow scheduling for life science tools and instrument work cells, sample, inventory and logistics, environmental and temperature monitoring, clinical trial and consent management, and planning, data management, virtualization and visualization of sample collections. Brooks Automation, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Brooks Automation is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 1.621% of Brooks Automation shares are held by insiders and 95.606% by institutions. How many people work for Brooks Automation?
Latest data suggests 2,800 work at Brooks Automation. When does the fiscal year end for Brooks Automation?
Brooks Automation's fiscal year ends in September. Where is Brooks Automation based?
Brooks Automation's address is: 15 Elizabeth Drive, Chelmsford, MA, United States, 01824 What is Brooks Automation's ISIN number?
Brooks Automation's international securities identification number is: US1143401024 What is Brooks Automation's CUSIP number?
Brooks Automation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 11442E102