How to buy China Southern Airlines Company stock

China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airlines business based in the US. China Southern Airlines Company shares (ZNH) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. China Southern Airlines Company employs 100,431 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

China Southern Airlines Company share price

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China Southern Airlines Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-28.

52-week range	$20.26 - $39.96
50-day moving average	$36.46
200-day moving average	$31.83
Wall St. target price	$183.08
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	$0.015 (4.3%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$2.25

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Is China Southern Airlines Company under- or over-valued?

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

China Southern Airlines Company's PEG ratio

China Southern Airlines Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.7224. 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 China Southern Airlines Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

China Southern Airlines Company's EBITDA

China Southern Airlines Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $54 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a China Southern Airlines Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

China Southern Airlines Company financials

Revenue TTM	$92.6 billion
Gross profit TTM	$-2,398,000,000
Return on assets TTM	-1.76%
Return on equity TTM	-14.6%
Profit margin	-11.71%
Book value	$226.20
Market capitalisation	$13.8 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting China Southern Airlines Company shares

There are currently 30,680 China Southern Airlines Company shares held short by investors – that's known as China Southern Airlines Company's "short interest". This figure is 21.1% up from 25,335 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting China Southern Airlines Company shares can be evaluated.

China Southern Airlines Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

China Southern Airlines Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of China Southern Airlines Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of China Southern Airlines Company shares traded daily (recently around 22725.925925926). China Southern Airlines Company's SIR currently stands at 1.35. In other words for every 100,000 China Southern Airlines Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1350 shares are currently held short.

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

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China Southern Airlines Company share dividends

We're not expecting China Southern Airlines Company to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have China Southern Airlines Company's shares ever split?

China Southern Airlines Company's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 22 September 2008. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your China Southern Airlines Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for China Southern Airlines Company shares which in turn could have impacted China Southern Airlines Company's share price.

China Southern Airlines Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, China Southern Airlines Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $20.26 up to $39.96. 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 China Southern Airlines Company's is 1.598. This would suggest that China Southern Airlines Company's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

China Southern Airlines Company overview

China Southern Airlines Company Limited provides airline transportation services in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Airline Transportation Operations and Other Segments. The company offers passenger, cargo, mail delivery, and other extended transportation services. It also provides aircraft repair and maintenance, air catering, cargo handling, logistics, freight, and airport ground services; and import and export agency, flight simulation, and pilot training services. In addition, it is involved in the hotel management and tour operations. As of March 31, 2020, the company operated a fleet of 859 aircraft. China Southern Airlines Company Limited was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of China Southern Airlines Company is owned by institutions?

  Currently 0.881% of China Southern Airlines Company shares are held by institutions.

• How many people work for China Southern Airlines Company?

  Latest data suggests 100,431 work at China Southern Airlines Company.

• When does the fiscal year end for China Southern Airlines Company?

  China Southern Airlines Company's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is China Southern Airlines Company based?

  China Southern Airlines Company's address is: China Southern Air Building, Guangzhou, China, 510403

• What is China Southern Airlines Company's ISIN number?

  China Southern Airlines Company's international securities identification number is: US1694091091

• What is China Southern Airlines Company's CUSIP number?

  China Southern Airlines Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 169409109