How to buy Caseys General Stores stock

Casey's General Stores, Inc is a grocery stores business based in the US. Caseys General Stores shares (CASY) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Caseys General Stores employs 17,282 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$7.3 billion.

How to buy shares in Caseys General Stores

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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 Caseys General Stores. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: CASY. 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 Caseys General Stores 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 Caseys General Stores, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Caseys General Stores. 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.

Caseys General Stores share price

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Caseys General Stores shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-23.

52-week range	USD$116.3543 - USD$213.62
50-day moving average	USD$194.9876
200-day moving average	USD$183.1373
Wall St. target price	USD$204.58
PE ratio	23.135
Dividend yield	USD$1.28 (0.62%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$8.823

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Caseys General Stores financials

Revenue TTM	USD$7.3 billion
Operating margin TTM	6.79%
Gross profit TTM	USD$2.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	7.61%
Return on equity TTM	19.21%
Profit margin	4.47%
Book value	$50.354
Market capitalisation	USD$7.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Caseys General Stores shares

There are currently 873,147 Caseys General Stores shares held short by investors – that's known as Caseys General Stores's "short interest". This figure is 23.1% up from 709,498 last month.

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

Caseys General Stores's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Caseys General Stores's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Caseys General Stores shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Caseys General Stores shares traded daily (recently around 283489.28571429). Caseys General Stores's SIR currently stands at 3.08. In other words for every 100,000 Caseys General Stores shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3080 shares are currently held short.

However Caseys General Stores's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Caseys General Stores shares, or, against the total number of tradable Caseys General Stores shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Caseys General Stores's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Caseys General Stores shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0308% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Caseys General Stores shares, roughly 31 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 Caseys General Stores.

Find out more about how you can short Caseys General Stores stock.

Have Caseys General Stores's shares ever split?

Caseys General Stores's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 17 February 1998. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Caseys General Stores shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Caseys General Stores shares which in turn could have impacted Caseys General Stores's share price.

Caseys General Stores share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Caseys General Stores's shares have ranged in value from as little as $116.3543 up to $213.62. 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 Caseys General Stores's is 0.8719. This would suggest that Caseys General Stores's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Caseys General Stores overview

Casey's General Stores, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates convenience stores under the Casey's and Casey's General Store names. The company's stores offer a selection of food, including freshly prepared foods, such as pizza, donuts, and sandwiches; beverages, tobacco, and nicotine products; health and beauty aids; automotive products; and other nonfood items. Its stores also provide fuel for sale on a self-service basis. In addition, the company operates two stores under the Tobacco City name primarily selling tobacco and nicotine products; one liquor stores; and one grocery store. As of April 30, 2020, it operated 2,207 convenience stores in 16 states in the Midwest. Casey's General Stores, Inc. was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Caseys General Stores is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.451% of Caseys General Stores shares are held by insiders and 86.926% by institutions.

• How many people work for Caseys General Stores?

  Latest data suggests 17,282 work at Caseys General Stores.

• When does the fiscal year end for Caseys General Stores?

  Caseys General Stores's fiscal year ends in April.

• Where is Caseys General Stores based?

  Caseys General Stores's address is: One SE Convenience Boulevard, Ankeny, IA, United States, 50021

• What is Caseys General Stores's ISIN number?

  Caseys General Stores's international securities identification number is: US1475281036

• What is Caseys General Stores's CUSIP number?

  Caseys General Stores's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 147528103