How to buy Diamond Hill Investment Group stock | $148.99

Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc is an asset management business based in the US. Diamond Hill Investment Group shares (DHIL) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Diamond Hill Investment Group employs 129 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$127.3 million.

How to buy shares in Diamond Hill Investment Group

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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 Diamond Hill Investment Group. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: DHIL. 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 Diamond Hill Investment Group 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$148.99, 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 Diamond Hill Investment Group, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Diamond Hill Investment Group. 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.

Diamond Hill Investment Group share price

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Diamond Hill Investment Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$148.99
52-week range	USD$69.375 - USD$153.71
50-day moving average	USD$149.5603
200-day moving average	USD$130.7361
Wall St. target price	N/A
PE ratio	13.2445
Dividend yield	N/A (10.16%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$11.552

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Diamond Hill Investment Group price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $148.99 from 2020-12-18

1 week (2021-01-11)	-3.38%
1 month (2020-12-18)	148.99
3 months (2020-10-16)	6.51%
6 months (2020-07-17)	22.04%

1 year (2020-01-17)	4.89%
2 years (2019-01-18)	-5.62%
3 years (2018-01-18)	213.2
5 years (2016-01-15)	154.88

Is Diamond Hill Investment Group under- or over-valued?

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

Diamond Hill Investment Group's P/E ratio

Diamond Hill Investment Group's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, Diamond Hill Investment Group shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Diamond Hill Investment Group's EBITDA

Diamond Hill Investment Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$49.3 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Diamond Hill Investment Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Diamond Hill Investment Group financials

Revenue TTM	USD$127.3 million
Operating margin TTM	37.98%
Gross profit TTM	USD$67.1 million
Return on assets TTM	10.81%
Return on equity TTM	16.42%
Profit margin	29.63%
Book value	$69.257
Market capitalisation	USD$484 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Diamond Hill Investment Group shares

There are currently 63,528 Diamond Hill Investment Group shares held short by investors – that's known as Diamond Hill Investment Group's "short interest". This figure is 8.4% up from 58,592 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Diamond Hill Investment Group shares can be evaluated.

Diamond Hill Investment Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Diamond Hill Investment Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares traded daily (recently around 21681.911262799). Diamond Hill Investment Group's SIR currently stands at 2.93. In other words for every 100,000 Diamond Hill Investment Group shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2930 shares are currently held short.

However Diamond Hill Investment Group's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares, or, against the total number of tradable Diamond Hill Investment Group shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Diamond Hill Investment Group's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Diamond Hill Investment Group shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0208% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Diamond Hill Investment Group shares, roughly 21 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 Diamond Hill Investment Group.

Find out more about how you can short Diamond Hill Investment Group stock.

Diamond Hill Investment Group share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 116.67% of net profits

Recently Diamond Hill Investment Group has paid out, on average, around 116.67% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 10.16% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Diamond Hill Investment Group shareholders could enjoy a 10.16% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Diamond Hill Investment Group's case, that would currently equate to about $N/A per share.

Diamond Hill Investment Group'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.

Diamond Hill Investment Group's most recent dividend payout was on 4 December 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 24 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Diamond Hill Investment Group's shares ever split?

Diamond Hill Investment Group's shares were split on a 1:5 basis on 26 September 2001. So if you had owned 5 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 Diamond Hill Investment Group shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 400% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Diamond Hill Investment Group shares which in turn could have impacted Diamond Hill Investment Group's share price.

Diamond Hill Investment Group share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Diamond Hill Investment Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $69.375 up to $153.71. 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 Diamond Hill Investment Group's is 0.916. This would suggest that Diamond Hill Investment Group's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Diamond Hill Investment Group overview

Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides investment advisory and fund administration services in the United States. It sponsors, distributes, and offers investment advisory and related services to a range of clients, such as corporations, mutual funds, retirement plans, public pension funds, endowments, foundations, financial institutions, and high net worth individuals. The company also provides fund administration services, including portfolio and regulatory compliance, treasury and financial oversight, and general business management and governance of the mutual fund complex, as well as oversight of back-office service providers, such as the custodian, fund accountant, and transfer agent. The company was founded in 1990 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Diamond Hill Investment Group is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 5.105% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are held by insiders and 57.846% by institutions.

• How many people work for Diamond Hill Investment Group?

  Latest data suggests 129 work at Diamond Hill Investment Group.

• When does the fiscal year end for Diamond Hill Investment Group?

  Diamond Hill Investment Group's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Diamond Hill Investment Group based?

  Diamond Hill Investment Group's address is: 325 John H. McConnell Boulevard, Columbus, OH, United States, 43215

• What is Diamond Hill Investment Group's ISIN number?

  Diamond Hill Investment Group's international securities identification number is: US25264R2076

• What is Diamond Hill Investment Group's CUSIP number?

  Diamond Hill Investment Group's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 25264R207