How to buy ClearOne stock | 1.81

ClearOne, Inc is a communication equipment business based in the US. ClearOne shares (CLRO) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. ClearOne employs 127 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$24.4 million.

How to buy shares in ClearOne

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
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 ClearOne. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: CLRO. 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 ClearOne 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$1.81, 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 ClearOne, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of ClearOne. 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.

How has coronavirus impacted ClearOne's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, ClearOne's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$1.81, which is 5.52% up on its pre-crash value of USD$1.71 and 20.67% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$1.5.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of ClearOne shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$1,005.09 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$923.46.

ClearOne share price

Use our graph to track the performance of CLRO stocks over time.

ClearOne shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$1.81
52-week range	USD$1.32 - USD$3.5399
50-day moving average	USD$2.3763
200-day moving average	USD$2.1664
Wall St. target price	USD$4.05
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-1.314

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Is it a good time to buy ClearOne stock?

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ClearOne price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $1.81 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-17)	-3.72%
1 month (2020-10-27)	0.56%
3 months (2020-08-25)	-35.59%
6 months (2020-05-23)	N/A

1 year (2019-11-25)	8.53%
2 years (2018-11-23)	42.52%
3 years (2017-11-24)	-74.33%
5 years (2015-11-25)	-85.89%

Is ClearOne under- or over-valued?

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

ClearOne's PEG ratio

ClearOne's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.74. 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 ClearOne's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

ClearOne financials

Revenue TTM	USD$24.4 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$12.1 million
Return on assets TTM	-7.46%
Return on equity TTM	-17.45%
Profit margin	-31.73%
Book value	$2.445
Market capitalisation	USD$36 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting ClearOne shares

There are currently 11,286 ClearOne shares held short by investors – that's known as ClearOne's "short interest". This figure is 88.3% down from 96,770 last month.

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

ClearOne's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

ClearOne's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of ClearOne shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of ClearOne shares traded daily (recently around 225720). ClearOne's SIR currently stands at 0.05. In other words for every 100,000 ClearOne shares traded daily on the market, roughly 50 shares are currently held short.

However ClearOne's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of ClearOne shares, or, against the total number of tradable ClearOne shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case ClearOne's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 ClearOne shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0013% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable ClearOne shares, roughly 1 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 ClearOne.

Find out more about how you can short ClearOne stock.

ClearOne share dividends

We're not expecting ClearOne to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

ClearOne share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, ClearOne's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.32 up to $3.5399. 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 ClearOne's is 1.0083. This would suggest that ClearOne's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

ClearOne overview

ClearOne, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and sells conferencing, collaboration, and network streaming solutions for voice and visual communications in the United States and internationally. The company offers a range of audio conferencing products, including professional audio conferencing and sound-reinforcement products for use in enterprise, healthcare, education and distance learning, government, legal, and finance organizations; mid-tier premium conferencing products for smaller rooms, and small and medium businesses, which interface with video and Web conferencing systems; USB-based personal and group speakerphones that could be used with PCs, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and other portable devices; and traditional tabletop conferencing phones used in conference rooms and offices. It also provides video products, such as video conferencing and collaboration solutions; and AV networking, which deliver the IP A/V experience by streaming time sensitive high definition audio and video, and control over TCP/IP networks. In addition, the company offers professional microphones consisting of beamforming microphones, ceiling microphones, and wireless microphones. ClearOne, Inc. sells its commercial products to a network of independent professional audiovisual, information technology, and telecommunications distributors, as well as systems integrators, dealers, value-added resellers, and end-users. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of ClearOne is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 75.64% of ClearOne shares are held by insiders and 5.377% by institutions.

• How many people work for ClearOne?

  Latest data suggests 127 work at ClearOne.

• When does the fiscal year end for ClearOne?

  ClearOne's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is ClearOne based?

  ClearOne's address is: Edgewater Corporate Park South Tower, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, 84116

• What is ClearOne's ISIN number?

  ClearOne's international securities identification number is: US18506U1043

• What is ClearOne's CUSIP number?

  ClearOne's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 185060100