How to buy Daqo New Energy stock

Daqo New Energy Corp is a semiconductor equipment & materials business based in the US. Daqo New Energy shares (DQ) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Daqo New Energy employs 1,896 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Daqo New Energy share price

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Daqo New Energy shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-28.

52-week range	$9.27 - $130.33
50-day moving average	$75.79
200-day moving average	$69.59
Wall St. target price	$104.61
PE ratio	50.4829
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$1.70

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Is Daqo New Energy under- or over-valued?

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

Daqo New Energy's P/E ratio

Daqo New Energy's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 50x. In other words, Daqo New Energy shares trade at around 50x 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.

Daqo New Energy's PEG ratio

Daqo New Energy's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.1738. 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 Daqo New Energy's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Daqo New Energy's EBITDA

Daqo New Energy's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $256.5 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Daqo New Energy's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Daqo New Energy financials

Revenue TTM	$675.6 million
Operating margin TTM	27.81%
Gross profit TTM	$234 million
Return on assets TTM	9.62%
Return on equity TTM	19.61%
Profit margin	19.12%
Book value	$10.50
Market capitalisation	$6.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Daqo New Energy shares

There are currently 9.1 million Daqo New Energy shares held short by investors – that's known as Daqo New Energy's "short interest". This figure is 61.9% up from 5.6 million last month.

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

Daqo New Energy's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Daqo New Energy's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Daqo New Energy shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Daqo New Energy shares traded daily (recently around 2.7 million). Daqo New Energy's SIR currently stands at 3.35. In other words for every 100,000 Daqo New Energy shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3350 shares are currently held short.

However Daqo New Energy's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Daqo New Energy shares, or, against the total number of tradable Daqo New Energy shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Daqo New Energy's short interest could be expressed as 0.12% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Daqo New Energy shares in existence, roughly 120 shares are currently held short) or 0% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Daqo New Energy shares, roughly 0 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 Daqo New Energy.

Find out more about how you can short Daqo New Energy stock.

Daqo New Energy share dividends

We're not expecting Daqo New Energy to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Daqo New Energy's shares ever split?

Daqo New Energy's shares were split on a 5:1 basis on 16 November 2020. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 5 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Daqo New Energy shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 80% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Daqo New Energy shares which in turn could have impacted Daqo New Energy's share price.

Daqo New Energy share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Daqo New Energy's shares have ranged in value from as little as $9.269 up to $130.33. 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 (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Daqo New Energy's is 0.7253. This would suggest that Daqo New Energy's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Daqo New Energy overview

Daqo New Energy Corp. , together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells polysilicon to photovoltaic product manufactures in the People's Republic of China. It offers ready-to-use polysilicon, and packaged to meet crucible stacking, pulling, and solidification products. The company was formerly known as Mega Stand International Limited and changed its name to Daqo New Energy Corp. in August 2009. Daqo New Energy Corp. was founded in 2006 and is based in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Daqo New Energy is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 11.28% of Daqo New Energy shares are held by insiders and 63.315% by institutions.

• How many people work for Daqo New Energy?

  Latest data suggests 1,896 work at Daqo New Energy.

• When does the fiscal year end for Daqo New Energy?

  Daqo New Energy's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Daqo New Energy based?

  Daqo New Energy's address is: Huadu Mansion, Shanghai, China, 200122

• What is Daqo New Energy's ISIN number?

  Daqo New Energy's international securities identification number is: US23703Q2030

• What is Daqo New Energy's CUSIP number?

  Daqo New Energy's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 23703Q104