How to buy CSP stock

CSP Inc is an information technology services business based in the US. CSP shares (CSPI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. CSP employs 112 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

CSP share price

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CSP shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-29.

52-week range	$6.95 - $14.33
50-day moving average	$8.74
200-day moving average	$8.69
Wall St. target price	$65.00
PE ratio	197.6087
Dividend yield	$0.15 (1.58%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.05

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Is CSP under- or over-valued?

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

CSP's P/E ratio

CSP's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 198x. In other words, CSP shares trade at around 198x 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.

CSP financials

Revenue TTM	$56.3 million
Gross profit TTM	$17.2 million
Return on assets TTM	-1.78%
Return on equity TTM	0.8%
Profit margin	0.44%
Book value	$7.31
Market capitalisation	$39.8 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting CSP shares

There are currently 2,873 CSP shares held short by investors – that's known as CSP's "short interest". This figure is 78.3% up from 1,611 last month.

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

CSP's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

CSP's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of CSP shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of CSP shares traded daily (recently around 6840.4761904762). CSP's SIR currently stands at 0.42. In other words for every 100,000 CSP shares traded daily on the market, roughly 420 shares are currently held short.

However CSP's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of CSP shares, or, against the total number of tradable CSP shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case CSP's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 CSP shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0008% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable CSP 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 CSP.

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CSP share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 375% of net profits

Recently CSP has paid out, on average, around 375% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 5.88% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), CSP shareholders could enjoy a 5.88% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In CSP's case, that would currently equate to about $0.15 per share.

CSP's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

CSP's most recent dividend payout was on 12 March 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 26 February 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have CSP's shares ever split?

CSP's shares were split on a 11:10 basis on 18 April 1999. So if you had owned 10 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 11 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your CSP shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 9.1% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for CSP shares which in turn could have impacted CSP's share price.

CSP share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, CSP's shares have ranged in value from as little as $6.95 up to $14.33. 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 CSP's is 1.813. This would suggest that CSP's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

CSP overview

CSP Inc. develops and markets IT integration solutions, security products, managed IT services, purpose built network adapters, and cluster computer systems for commercial and defense customers worldwide. The company's High Performance Products segment offers ARIA Software-Defined Security, a cybersecurity solution; Myricom network adapters comprising Ethernet adapters and specialized software of ARC Series and Secure Intelligent Adapters; ARIA security appliances for network security services; nVoy Series, including Packet Broker and Packet Recorder appliances; and multicomputer products for digital signal processing applications in the defense markets. Its Technology Solutions segment provides third-party computer hardware and software as a value added reseller to various customers in Web and infrastructure hosting, education, telecommunications, healthcare services, distribution, financial and professional services, and manufacturing industries. This segment also offers professional IT consulting services, such as implementation, integration, migration, configuration, installation, and project management; storage and virtualization solutions; enterprise security intrusion prevention, network access control, and unified threat management services; and IT security compliance services. In addition, this segment provides unified communications, wireless, and routing and switching solutions; custom software applications and solutions development and support services; maintenance and technical support services; and managed IT services, such as monitoring, reporting, and management of alerts for the resolution and preventive general IT, as well as IT security support tasks. Further, this segment offers managed and cloud services, such as proactive monitoring and remote management of IT infrastructure, managed and hosted unified communication services, security, and backup and replication.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 28.031% of CSP shares are held by insiders and 27.933% by institutions.

• How many people work for CSP?

  Latest data suggests 112 work at CSP.

• When does the fiscal year end for CSP?

  CSP's fiscal year ends in September.

• Where is CSP based?

  CSP's address is: 175 Cabot Street, Lowell, MA, United States, 01854

• What is CSP's ISIN number?

  CSP's international securities identification number is: US1263891053

• What is CSP's CUSIP number?

  CSP's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 126389105