How to buy Charles-and-Colvard stock

Charles & Colvard, Ltd is a luxury goods business based in the US. Charles-and-Colvard shares (CTHR) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Charles-and-Colvard employs 48 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$29.5 million.

How to buy shares in Charles-and-Colvard

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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 Charles-and-Colvard. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: CTHR. 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 Charles-and-Colvard 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 Charles-and-Colvard, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Charles-and-Colvard. 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.

Charles-and-Colvard share price

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Charles-and-Colvard shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

52-week range	USD$0.6 - USD$1.6
50-day moving average	USD$1.1912
200-day moving average	USD$0.8714
Wall St. target price	USD$1.5
PE ratio	9.9943
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.095

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Is Charles-and-Colvard under- or over-valued?

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

Charles-and-Colvard's P/E ratio

Charles-and-Colvard's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 10x. In other words, Charles-and-Colvard shares trade at around 10x 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.

Charles-and-Colvard's EBITDA

Charles-and-Colvard's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$824,882.

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

Charles-and-Colvard financials

Revenue TTM	USD$29.5 million
Operating margin TTM	1.11%
Gross profit TTM	USD$13.9 million
Return on assets TTM	0.4%
Return on equity TTM	-12.28%
Profit margin	-18.62%
Book value	$1.464
Market capitalisation	USD$38.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Charles-and-Colvard shares

There are currently 66,130 Charles-and-Colvard shares held short by investors – that's known as Charles-and-Colvard's "short interest". This figure is 34.7% up from 49,107 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Charles-and-Colvard shares can be evaluated.

Charles-and-Colvard's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Charles-and-Colvard's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Charles-and-Colvard shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Charles-and-Colvard shares traded daily (recently around 244925.92592593). Charles-and-Colvard's SIR currently stands at 0.27. In other words for every 100,000 Charles-and-Colvard shares traded daily on the market, roughly 270 shares are currently held short.

However Charles-and-Colvard's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Charles-and-Colvard shares, or, against the total number of tradable Charles-and-Colvard shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Charles-and-Colvard's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Charles-and-Colvard shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0026% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Charles-and-Colvard shares, roughly 3 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 Charles-and-Colvard.

Find out more about how you can short Charles-and-Colvard stock.

Charles-and-Colvard share dividends

We're not expecting Charles-and-Colvard to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Charles-and-Colvard's shares ever split?

Charles-and-Colvard's shares were split on a 5:4 basis on 31 January 2006. So if you had owned 4 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 5 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Charles-and-Colvard shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 20% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Charles-and-Colvard shares which in turn could have impacted Charles-and-Colvard's share price.

Charles-and-Colvard share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Charles-and-Colvard's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.6 up to $1.6. 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 Charles-and-Colvard's is 0.9973. This would suggest that Charles-and-Colvard's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Charles-and-Colvard overview

Charles & Colvard, Ltd. manufactures, markets, and distributes moissanite jewels and finished jewelries worldwide. It operates through Online Channels, and Traditional segments. The company offers stud earrings, solitaire and three stone rings, pendants, and bracelets. It also provides colorless moissanite jewel with 27 cuts and in sizes ranging from .002 carats to 6.13 carats, under the brand name Forever One, as well as gemstones under the brand name Moissanite by Charles & Colvard. In addition, the company offers Exotics product line with 15.55 carats diamond equivalent weight. It sells its products through distributors, manufacturers, retailers, and designers; and at retail to end consumers through its e-commerce site, charlesandcolvard.com, as well as third-party online marketplaces, drop-ship, and e-commerce outlets. Charles & Colvard, Ltd. was founded in 1995 and is based in Morrisville, North Carolina.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Charles-and-Colvard is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 11.455% of Charles-and-Colvard shares are held by insiders and 26.023% by institutions.

• How many people work for Charles-and-Colvard?

  Latest data suggests 48 work at Charles-and-Colvard.

• When does the fiscal year end for Charles-and-Colvard?

  Charles-and-Colvard's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is Charles-and-Colvard based?

  Charles-and-Colvard's address is: 170 Southport Drive, Morrisville, NC, United States, 27560

• What is Charles-and-Colvard's ISIN number?

  Charles-and-Colvard's international securities identification number is: US1597651066

• What is Charles-and-Colvard's CUSIP number?

  Charles-and-Colvard's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 159765106