How to buy Data I/O Corporation stock

Data I/O Corporation is an electronic components business based in the US. Data I/O Corporation shares (DAIO) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Data I/O Corporation employs 89 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$21.3 million.

How to buy shares in Data I/O Corporation

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3. Search for Data I/O Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: DAIO. 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 Data I/O Corporation 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. 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 Data I/O Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Data I/O Corporation. 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.

Data I/O Corporation share price

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Data I/O Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-23.

52-week range	USD$2.34 - USD$5.98
50-day moving average	USD$5.3194
200-day moving average	USD$4.094
Wall St. target price	USD$5
PE ratio	24.8905
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.137

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Data I/O Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$21.3 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$12.6 million
Return on assets TTM	-4.38%
Return on equity TTM	-13.43%
Profit margin	-13.24%
Book value	$2.438
Market capitalisation	USD$47.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Data I/O Corporation shares

There are currently 64,919 Data I/O Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Data I/O Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 173.8% up from 23,708 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Data I/O Corporation shares can be evaluated.

Data I/O Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Data I/O Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Data I/O Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Data I/O Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 55016.101694915). Data I/O Corporation's SIR currently stands at 1.18. In other words for every 100,000 Data I/O Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1180 shares are currently held short.

However Data I/O Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Data I/O Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Data I/O Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Data I/O Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Data I/O Corporation shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0091% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Data I/O Corporation 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 Data I/O Corporation.

Find out more about how you can short Data I/O Corporation stock.

Have Data I/O Corporation's shares ever split?

Data I/O Corporation's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 22 August 1983. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Data I/O Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Data I/O Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Data I/O Corporation's share price.

Data I/O Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Data I/O Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.34 up to $5.98. 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 Data I/O Corporation's is 1.2017. This would suggest that Data I/O Corporation'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).

Data I/O Corporation overview

Data I/O Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells programming and security deployment systems and services for electronic device manufacturers in the United States, Europe, and internationally. Its programming system products are used to program integrated circuits (ICs) with the specific data necessary for the ICs. The company provides PSV handlers offline automated programming systems; and RoadRunner and RoadRunner3 series handlers, an in-line automated programming systems. It also offers SentriX, a security provisioning system; LumenX Programmer; non-automated FlashPAK III programming systems; and Unifamily programmers, an offline engineering non-automated systems. In addition, the company provides hardware support, system installation and repair, and device programming services. It markets and sells its products to original equipment manufacturers in automotive and consumer electronics, Internet of Things and their programming center partners, and electronic manufacturing service contract manufacturers through direct sales, internal telesales, and indirect sales representatives and distributors. Data I/O Corporation was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Data I/O Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 10.113% of Data I/O Corporation shares are held by insiders and 40.499% by institutions.

• How many people work for Data I/O Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 89 work at Data I/O Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Data I/O Corporation?

  Data I/O Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Data I/O Corporation based?

  Data I/O Corporation's address is: 6645 185th Avenue NE, Redmond, WA, United States, 98052

• What is Data I/O Corporation's ISIN number?

  Data I/O Corporation's international securities identification number is: US2376901029

• What is Data I/O Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Data I/O Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 237690102