How to buy Clarus Corporation stock | $14.36

Clarus Corporation is a leisure business based in the US. Clarus Corporation shares (CLAR) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Clarus Corporation employs 500 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$209.1 million.

How to buy shares in Clarus Corporation

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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 Clarus Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: CLAR. 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 Clarus 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$14.36, 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 Clarus Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Clarus 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.

Clarus Corporation share price

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Clarus Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-26.

Latest market close	USD$14.36
52-week range	USD$7.8159 - USD$17.7236
50-day moving average	USD$15.0029
200-day moving average	USD$13.493
Wall St. target price	USD$18.4
PE ratio	42.7424
Dividend yield	USD$0.1 (0.64%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.361

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Clarus Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $14.36 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-15)	-8.48%
1 month (2020-12-23)	-7.59%
3 months (2020-10-22)	-5.03%
6 months (2020-07-22)	30.55%

1 year (2020-01-22)	8.87%
2 years (2019-01-22)	31.99%
3 years (2018-01-22)	96.71%
5 years (2016-01-22)	215.60%

Is Clarus Corporation under- or over-valued?

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

Clarus Corporation's P/E ratio

Clarus Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 43x. In other words, Clarus Corporation shares trade at around 43x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Clarus Corporation's PEG ratio

Clarus Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 6.05. 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 Clarus Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Clarus Corporation's EBITDA

Clarus Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$12.3 million.

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

Clarus Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$209.1 million
Operating margin TTM	2.15%
Gross profit TTM	USD$80.3 million
Return on assets TTM	1.14%
Return on equity TTM	5.97%
Profit margin	5.2%
Book value	$6.289
Market capitalisation	USD$479.3 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Clarus Corporation shares

There are currently 363,759 Clarus Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Clarus Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 13.8% down from 422,232 last month.

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

Clarus Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Clarus Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Clarus Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Clarus Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 234683.22580645). Clarus Corporation's SIR currently stands at 1.55. In other words for every 100,000 Clarus Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1550 shares are currently held short.

However Clarus Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Clarus Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Clarus Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Clarus Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Clarus Corporation shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0124% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Clarus Corporation shares, roughly 12 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 Clarus Corporation.

Find out more about how you can short Clarus Corporation stock.

Clarus Corporation share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 17.58% of net profits

Recently Clarus Corporation has paid out, on average, around 17.58% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.64% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Clarus Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0.64% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Clarus Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.1 per share.

While Clarus Corporation's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Clarus Corporation is investing more in its future growth.

Clarus Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 20 November 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 6 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Clarus Corporation's shares ever split?

Clarus Corporation's shares were split on a 1002:1000 basis on 7 August 2020. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1002 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Clarus Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 0.2% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Clarus Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Clarus Corporation's share price.

Clarus Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Clarus Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $7.8159 up to $17.7236. 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 Clarus Corporation's is 0.864. This would suggest that Clarus Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Clarus Corporation overview

Clarus Corporation focuses on the outdoor and consumer industries in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and South America. The company develops, manufactures, and distributes outdoor equipment and lifestyle products focusing on the climb, ski, mountain, sport, and skincare markets. It operates in two segments, Black Diamond and Sierra. The Black Diamond segment offers activity-based apparel, such as shells, insulation, midlayers, pants, and logowear; rock-climbing footwear and equipment, including carabiners, protection devices, harnesses, belay devices, helmets, and ice-climbing gears; technical backpacks and day packs; trekking poles; headlamps and lanterns; gloves and mittens; skincare and other sport-enhancing products; and skis, ski poles, ski skins, and snow safety products, such as avalanche airbag systems, avalanche transceivers, shovels, and probes. This segment offers its products for climbing, mountaineering, trail running, backpacking, skiing, and other outdoor recreation activities under the Black Diamond, PIEPS, and SKINourishment brands. The Sierra segment manufactures bullets and ammunition products for rifles and pistols, which are used for precision target shooting, hunting, and military and law enforcement purposes under the Sierra brand. The company sells its products to mountain, rock, ice, and gym climbers; and winter outdoor enthusiasts, backpackers, competitive shooters, hunters, and outdoor-inspired consumers. It markets and distributes its products through independent specialty stores and specialty chains, sporting goods and outdoor recreation stores, distributors, and original equipment manufacturers; and independent distributors, as well as directly to customers through its websites. The company was formerly known as Black Diamond, Inc. and changed its name to Clarus Corporation in August 2017. Clarus Corporation was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Clarus Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 10.347% of Clarus Corporation shares are held by insiders and 86.142% by institutions.

• How many people work for Clarus Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 500 work at Clarus Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Clarus Corporation?

  Clarus Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Clarus Corporation based?

  Clarus Corporation's address is: 2084 East 3900 South, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, 84124

• What is Clarus Corporation's ISIN number?

  Clarus Corporation's international securities identification number is: US18270P1093

• What is Clarus Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Clarus Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 09202G101