How to buy Capital Senior Living Corporation stock | $12.34

Capital Senior Living Corporation is a medical care facilities business based in the US. Capital Senior Living Corporation shares (CSU) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Capital Senior Living Corporation employs 4,202 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$396.7 million.

How to buy shares in Capital Senior Living Corporation

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3. Search for Capital Senior Living Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: CSU. 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 Capital Senior Living Corporation 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$12.34, 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 Capital Senior Living Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Capital Senior Living Corporation. 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.

Capital Senior Living Corporation share price

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Capital Senior Living Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$12.34
52-week range	USD$6.75 - USD$50.7
50-day moving average	USD$13.3991
200-day moving average	USD$10.7491
Wall St. target price	USD$7.5
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-2.096

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Capital Senior Living Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $12.34 from 2020-12-31

1 week (2021-01-07)	-3.44%
1 month (2020-12-17)	-17.07%
3 months (2020-10-16)	1,922.95%
6 months (2020-07-16)	1,880.74%

1 year (2020-01-16)	303.27%
2 years (2019-01-16)	56.40%
3 years (2018-01-16)	12.49
5 years (2016-01-15)	16.63

Is Capital Senior Living Corporation under- or over-valued?

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

Capital Senior Living Corporation's EBITDA

Capital Senior Living Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$39 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Capital Senior Living Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Capital Senior Living Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$396.7 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$144.4 million
Return on assets TTM	-1.52%
Return on equity TTM	0%
Profit margin	-66.72%
Book value	$0.106
Market capitalisation	USD$27.4 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Capital Senior Living Corporation shares

There are currently 36,190 Capital Senior Living Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Capital Senior Living Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 1.7% down from 36,799 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Capital Senior Living Corporation shares can be evaluated.

Capital Senior Living Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Capital Senior Living Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Capital Senior Living Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Capital Senior Living Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 38094.736842105). Capital Senior Living Corporation's SIR currently stands at 0.95. In other words for every 100,000 Capital Senior Living Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 950 shares are currently held short.

However Capital Senior Living Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Capital Senior Living Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Capital Senior Living Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Capital Senior Living Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Capital Senior Living Corporation shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0264% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Capital Senior Living Corporation 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 Capital Senior Living Corporation.

Find out more about how you can short Capital Senior Living Corporation stock.

Capital Senior Living Corporation share dividends

We're not expecting Capital Senior Living Corporation to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Capital Senior Living Corporation's shares ever split?

Capital Senior Living Corporation's shares were split on a 1:15 basis on 14 December 2020. So if you had owned 15 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 Capital Senior Living Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 1400% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Capital Senior Living Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Capital Senior Living Corporation's share price.

Capital Senior Living Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Capital Senior Living Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $6.75 up to $50.7. 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 Capital Senior Living Corporation's is 2.4997. This would suggest that Capital Senior Living Corporation's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Capital Senior Living Corporation overview

Capital Senior Living Corporation develops, owns, operates, and manages senior housing communities in the United States. The company provides independent living services, which include daily meals, transportation, social and recreational activities, laundry, housekeeping, and 24-hour staffing; and access to health screenings, periodic special services, and dietary and similar programs, as well as exercise and fitness classes. It also offers assisted living services consist of personal care services, such as assistance with activities of daily living, including ambulation, bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, personal hygiene, and monitoring or assistance with medications; support services, including meals, assistance with social and recreational activities, laundry, general housekeeping, maintenance, and transportation services; and supplemental services, which include extra transportation, personal maintenance, and extra laundry, as well as special care services for residents with various forms of dementia. In addition, the company provides memory care services; and home care services through third-party providers. As of December 31, 2019, it operated 126 senior housing communities in 23 states with an aggregate capacity of approximately 16,000 residents, including 80 owned and 46 leased senior housing communities. Capital Senior Living Corporation was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Capital Senior Living Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 41.647% of Capital Senior Living Corporation shares are held by insiders and 35.137% by institutions.

• How many people work for Capital Senior Living Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 4,202 work at Capital Senior Living Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Capital Senior Living Corporation?

  Capital Senior Living Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Capital Senior Living Corporation based?

  Capital Senior Living Corporation's address is: 14160 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX, United States, 75254

• What is Capital Senior Living Corporation's ISIN number?

  Capital Senior Living Corporation's international securities identification number is: US1404751042

• What is Capital Senior Living Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Capital Senior Living Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 140475104