How to buy Charles-and-Colvard stock | $2.94

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 51 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Charles-and-Colvard stock price (NASDAQ: CTHR)

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Charles-and-Colvard shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-10-17.

Latest market close	$2.94
52-week range	$0.81 - $3.66
50-day moving average	$2.88
200-day moving average	$2.83
Wall St. target price	$4.00
PE ratio	6.6429
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.42

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Charles-and-Colvard price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $2.94 from 2021-10-20

1 week (2021-10-13)	4.26%
1 month (2021-09-21)	2.80%
3 months (2021-07-21)	10.53%
6 months (2021-04-21)	1.73%

1 year (2020-10-20)	237.93%
2 years (2019-10-18)	119.40%
3 years (2018-10-19)	245.84%
5 years (2016-10-20)	145.00%

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 7x. In other words, Charles-and-Colvard shares trade at around 7x 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 $6.2 million.

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	$39.2 million
Operating margin TTM	14.42%
Gross profit TTM	$18.6 million
Return on assets TTM	6.21%
Return on equity TTM	26.38%
Profit margin	32.65%
Book value	$1.86
Market capitalisation	$84.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Charles-and-Colvard shares

There are currently 155,584 Charles-and-Colvard shares held short by investors – that's known as Charles-and-Colvard's "short interest". This figure is 6.1% down from 165,630 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 219132.3943662). Charles-and-Colvard's SIR currently stands at 0.71. In other words for every 100,000 Charles-and-Colvard shares traded daily on the market, roughly 710 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 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Charles-and-Colvard shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0075% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Charles-and-Colvard shares, roughly 8 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 30 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 $0.81 up to $3.66. 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 0.1704. This would suggest that Charles-and-Colvard's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Charles-and-Colvard overview

Charles & Colvard, Ltd. operates as a fine jewelry company in the United States and internationally. The company manufactures, markets, and distributes moissanite jewels and finished moissanite jewelry under the Charles & Colvard Created Moissanite brand; and premium moissanite gemstones under the Forever One brand name. It also markets and distributes lab grown diamonds, and finished jewelry with lab grown diamonds under the Caydia brand. The company sells its products at wholesale prices to distributors, manufacturers, retailers, and designers; and to end-consumers at retail prices through charlesandcolvard. com, third-party online marketplaces, drop-ship, and other e-commerce outlets. Charles & Colvard, Ltd.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Charles-and-Colvard is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 15.183% of Charles-and-Colvard shares are held by insiders and 30.33% by institutions. How many people work for Charles-and-Colvard?
Latest data suggests 51 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