How to buy Construction Partners stock | $27.77

Construction Partners, Inc is an engineering & construction business based in the US. Construction Partners shares (ROAD) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Construction Partners employs 646 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$785.7 million.

How to buy shares in Construction Partners

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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 Construction Partners. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ROAD. 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 Construction Partners 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$27.77, 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 Construction Partners, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Construction Partners. 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.

Construction Partners share price

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Construction Partners shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-25.

Latest market close	USD$27.77
52-week range	USD$11.96 - USD$29.97
50-day moving average	USD$25.9681
200-day moving average	USD$20.3067
Wall St. target price	USD$26.13
PE ratio	35.4231
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.78

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Construction Partners price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $27.77 from 2020-12-18

1 week (2021-01-07)	-17.55%
1 month (2020-12-15)	-1.35%
3 months (2020-10-15)	35.40%
6 months (2020-07-15)	66.19%

1 year (2020-01-15)	61.55%
2 years (2019-01-15)	164.48%
3 years (2018-01-13)	N/A
5 years (2016-01-13)	N/A

Is Construction Partners under- or over-valued?

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

Construction Partners's P/E ratio

Construction Partners's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 35x. In other words, Construction Partners shares trade at around 35x 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.

Construction Partners's EBITDA

Construction Partners's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$94.8 million.

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

Construction Partners financials

Revenue TTM	USD$785.7 million
Operating margin TTM	7.07%
Gross profit TTM	USD$122.2 million
Return on assets TTM	5.99%
Return on equity TTM	11.06%
Profit margin	5.13%
Book value	$7.439
Market capitalisation	USD$1.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Construction Partners shares

There are currently 1.2 million Construction Partners shares held short by investors – that's known as Construction Partners's "short interest". This figure is 4.7% down from 1.2 million last month.

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

Construction Partners's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Construction Partners's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Construction Partners shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Construction Partners shares traded daily (recently around 269327.03962704). Construction Partners's SIR currently stands at 4.29. In other words for every 100,000 Construction Partners shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4290 shares are currently held short.

However Construction Partners's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Construction Partners shares, or, against the total number of tradable Construction Partners shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Construction Partners's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Construction Partners shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0585% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Construction Partners shares, roughly 59 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 Construction Partners.

Find out more about how you can short Construction Partners stock.

Construction Partners share dividends

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

Construction Partners share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Construction Partners's shares have ranged in value from as little as $11.96 up to $29.97. 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 Construction Partners's is 1.0509. This would suggest that Construction Partners'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).

Construction Partners overview

Construction Partners, Inc., a civil infrastructure company, engages in the construction and maintenance of roadways across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides various products and services to public and private infrastructure projects, with a focus on highways, roads, bridges, airports, and commercial and residential developments. It also engages in manufacturing and distributing hot mix asphalt (HMA) for internal use and sales to third parties in connection with construction projects; paving activities, including the construction of roadway base layers and application of asphalt pavement; site development, including the installation of utility and drainage systems; mining aggregates, such as sand and gravel that are used as raw materials in the production of HMA; and distributing liquid asphalt cement for internal use and sales to third parties in connection with HMA production. The company was formerly known as SunTx CPI Growth Company, Inc. and changed its name to Construction Partners, Inc. in September 2017. Construction Partners, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Dothan, Alabama.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Construction Partners is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.553% of Construction Partners shares are held by insiders and 103.648% by institutions.

• How many people work for Construction Partners?

  Latest data suggests 646 work at Construction Partners.

• When does the fiscal year end for Construction Partners?

  Construction Partners's fiscal year ends in September.

• Where is Construction Partners based?

  Construction Partners's address is: 290 Healthwest Drive, Dothan, AL, United States, 36303

• What is Construction Partners's ISIN number?

  Construction Partners's international securities identification number is: US21044C1071

• What is Construction Partners's CUSIP number?

  Construction Partners's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 21044C107