How to buy CPI Aerostructures stock | $3.58

CPI Aerostructures, Inc is an aerospace & defense business based in the US. CPI Aerostructures shares (CVU) are listed on the NYSE MKT and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

How to buy shares in CPI Aerostructures

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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 CPI Aerostructures. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: CVU. 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 CPI Aerostructures 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$3.58, 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 CPI Aerostructures, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of CPI Aerostructures. 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.

CPI Aerostructures share price

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CPI Aerostructures shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$3.58
52-week range	USD$1.29 - USD$7
50-day moving average	USD$3.2727
200-day moving average	USD$2.9996
Wall St. target price	USD$4
PE ratio	8.4615
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.436

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CPI Aerostructures price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $3.58 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-08)	-9.82%
1 month (2020-12-16)	-2.72%
3 months (2020-10-15)	53.65%
6 months (2020-07-15)	4.07%

1 year (2020-01-15)	-46.57%
2 years (2019-01-15)	-48.78%
3 years (2018-01-12)	9.2371
5 years (2016-01-15)	8.43

Is CPI Aerostructures under- or over-valued?

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

CPI Aerostructures's P/E ratio

CPI Aerostructures's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 8x. In other words, CPI Aerostructures shares trade at around 8x recent earnings.

CPI Aerostructures's PEG ratio

CPI Aerostructures's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.5226. 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 CPI Aerostructures's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

CPI Aerostructures's EBITDA

CPI Aerostructures's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$11.5 million.

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

CPI Aerostructures financials

Revenue TTM	USD$82 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$9.1 million
Return on assets TTM	-2.7%
Return on equity TTM	-13.79%
Profit margin	-7.37%
Book value	$8.461
Market capitalisation	USD$46.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting CPI Aerostructures shares

There are currently 91,400 CPI Aerostructures shares held short by investors – that's known as CPI Aerostructures's "short interest". This figure is 37.8% down from 146,871 last month.

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

CPI Aerostructures's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

CPI Aerostructures's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of CPI Aerostructures shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of CPI Aerostructures shares traded daily (recently around 89607.843137255). CPI Aerostructures's SIR currently stands at 1.02. In other words for every 100,000 CPI Aerostructures shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1020 shares are currently held short.

However CPI Aerostructures's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of CPI Aerostructures shares, or, against the total number of tradable CPI Aerostructures shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case CPI Aerostructures's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 CPI Aerostructures shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0085% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable CPI Aerostructures shares, roughly 9 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 CPI Aerostructures.

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CPI Aerostructures share dividends

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

Have CPI Aerostructures's shares ever split?

CPI Aerostructures's shares were split on a 1:3 basis on 23 June 1999. So if you had owned 3 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your CPI Aerostructures shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 200% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for CPI Aerostructures shares which in turn could have impacted CPI Aerostructures's share price.

CPI Aerostructures share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, CPI Aerostructures's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.29 up to $7. 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 MKT average) beta is 1, while CPI Aerostructures's is 1.6997. This would suggest that CPI Aerostructures's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

CPI Aerostructures overview

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. engages in the contract production of structural aircraft parts for fixed wing aircraft and helicopters in the commercial and defense markets. The company also offers aero systems, such as reconnaissance pod structures and fuel panel systems; and supplies parts for maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO), as well as kitting contracts. In addition, it operates as a subcontractor for defense contractors and commercial contractors, as well as a contractor for the United States Department of Defense. Further, the company offers engineering, program management, supply chain management, kitting, and MRO services. Additionally, it offers welding services and metal fabrications; and electromechanical systems, harness and cable assemblies, electronic equipment, and printed circuit boards, as well as manufactures radio frequency interference/electro-magnetic interference for electronic components. The company was formerly known as Consortium of Precision Industries, Inc. and changed its name to CPI Aerostructures, Inc. in July 1992. CPI Aerostructures, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Edgewood, New York.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of CPI Aerostructures is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 14.327% of CPI Aerostructures shares are held by insiders and 43.829% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for CPI Aerostructures?

  CPI Aerostructures's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is CPI Aerostructures based?

  CPI Aerostructures's address is: 91 Heartland Boulevard, Edgewood, NY, United States, 11717

• What is CPI Aerostructures's ISIN number?

  CPI Aerostructures's international securities identification number is: US1259193084

• What is CPI Aerostructures's CUSIP number?

  CPI Aerostructures's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 125919100