How to buy Core-Mark Holding Company stock | $328

Core-Mark Holding Company Inc is a food distribution business based in the US. Core-Mark Holding Company shares (CORE) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Core-Mark Holding Company employs 7,534 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Core-Mark Holding Company stock price (NASDAQ: CORE)

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Core-Mark Holding Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-09-19.

Latest market close	$328.00
52-week range	$26.50 - $352.00
50-day moving average	$43.22
200-day moving average	$42.44
Wall St. target price	$46.50
PE ratio	31.4828
Dividend yield	$0.51 (1.11%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$1.45

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Core-Mark Holding Company price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $328 from 2021-09-21

1 week (2021-09-15)	-6.29%
1 month (2021-08-20)	668.15%
3 months (2021-06-22)	622.79%
6 months (2021-03-22)	747.33%

1 year (2020-09-22)	1,055.34%
2 years (2019-09-20)	955.34%
3 years (2018-09-21)	861.88%
5 years (2016-09-22)	814.16%

Is Core-Mark Holding Company under- or over-valued?

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

Core-Mark Holding Company's P/E ratio

Core-Mark Holding Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 31x. In other words, Core-Mark Holding Company shares trade at around 31x 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.

Core-Mark Holding Company's PEG ratio

Core-Mark Holding Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.72. 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 Core-Mark Holding 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.

Core-Mark Holding Company's EBITDA

Core-Mark Holding Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $173.8 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Core-Mark Holding Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Core-Mark Holding Company financials

Revenue TTM	$13.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	0.76%
Gross profit TTM	$888.3 million
Return on assets TTM	3.18%
Return on equity TTM	10.63%
Profit margin	0.48%
Book value	$14.28
Market capitalisation	$2.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Core-Mark Holding Company shares

There are currently 1.7 million Core-Mark Holding Company shares held short by investors – that's known as Core-Mark Holding Company's "short interest". This figure is 12% down from 2.0 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Core-Mark Holding Company shares can be evaluated.

Core-Mark Holding Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Core-Mark Holding Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Core-Mark Holding Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Core-Mark Holding Company shares traded daily (recently around 425219.07090465). Core-Mark Holding Company's SIR currently stands at 4.09. In other words for every 100,000 Core-Mark Holding Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4090 shares are currently held short.

However Core-Mark Holding Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Core-Mark Holding Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable Core-Mark Holding Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Core-Mark Holding Company's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Core-Mark Holding Company shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0388% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Core-Mark Holding Company shares, roughly 39 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 Core-Mark Holding Company.

Find out more about how you can short Core-Mark Holding Company stock.

Core-Mark Holding Company share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 25.62% of net profits

Recently Core-Mark Holding Company has paid out, on average, around 25.62% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.14% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Core-Mark Holding Company shareholders could enjoy a 1.14% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Core-Mark Holding Company's case, that would currently equate to about $0.51 per share.

While Core-Mark Holding Company's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Core-Mark Holding Company may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Core-Mark Holding Company's most recent dividend payout was on 29 August 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 18 August 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Core-Mark Holding Company's shares ever split?

Core-Mark Holding Company's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 27 June 2016. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Core-Mark Holding Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Core-Mark Holding Company shares which in turn could have impacted Core-Mark Holding Company's share price.

Core-Mark Holding Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Core-Mark Holding Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $26.4971 up to $352. 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 Core-Mark Holding Company's is 0.3685. This would suggest that Core-Mark Holding Company's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Core-Mark Holding Company overview

Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. distributes packaged consumer products to the convenience retail industry. The company sells and distributes food products, including candies, snacks, groceries, and beverages; fresh products, such as sandwiches, juices, salads, produce, dairy, and bread; and non-food products comprising cigars, tobacco, alternative nicotine products, health and beauty care products, and general merchandise and equipment. Its customers include traditional convenience stores, such as national and super-regional convenience store operators, as well as independently owned convenience stores. In addition, the company's alternative outlet customers include various store formats, which comprise grocery stores, drug stores, mass merchants, liquor stores, cigarette and tobacco shops, hotel gift shops, military exchanges, college and corporate campuses, casinos, airport concessions, and other specialty and small format stores that carry convenience products. It provides its products to 40,000 customer locations through a network of 32 distribution centers in the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Westlake, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Core-Mark Holding Company is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 2.304% of Core-Mark Holding Company shares are held by insiders and 97.983% by institutions. How many people work for Core-Mark Holding Company?
Latest data suggests 7,534 work at Core-Mark Holding Company. When does the fiscal year end for Core-Mark Holding Company?
Core-Mark Holding Company's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Core-Mark Holding Company based?
Core-Mark Holding Company's address is: 1500 Solana Boulevard, Westlake, TX, United States, 76262 What is Core-Mark Holding Company's ISIN number?
Core-Mark Holding Company's international securities identification number is: US2186811046 What is Core-Mark Holding Company's CUSIP number?
Core-Mark Holding Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 218681104