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Digital Media Solutions, Inc is an advertising agencies business based in the US. Digital Media Solutions shares (DMS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Digital Media Solutions employs 400 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$295.9 million.
How to buy shares in Digital Media Solutions
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- 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.
- Search for Digital Media Solutions. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: DMS. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Digital Media Solutions reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$7.65, 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 Digital Media Solutions, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Digital Media Solutions. 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.
Digital Media Solutions share price
Use our graph to track the performance of DMS stocks over time.Digital Media Solutions shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-11-25.
| Latest market close | USD$7.65 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$6.32 - USD$10.66 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$7.3733 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$8.7273 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$14 |
| PE ratio | 11.7236 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$-0.0653 |
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Is it a good time to buy Digital Media Solutions stock?
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Digital Media Solutions price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $7.65 from 2020-11-16
| 1 week (2020-11-19) | 6.99% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-10-26) | 4.94% |
| 3 months (2020-08-26) | -14.43% |
| 6 months (2020-05-23) | N/A |
| 1 year (2019-11-23) | N/A |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2018-11-23) | N/A |
| 3 years (2017-11-23) | N/A |
| 5 years (2015-11-23) | N/A |
Is Digital Media Solutions under- or over-valued?
Valuing Digital Media Solutions stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Digital Media Solutions's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Digital Media Solutions's P/E ratio
Digital Media Solutions's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 12x. In other words, Digital Media Solutions shares trade at around 12x 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.
Digital Media Solutions's EBITDA
Digital Media Solutions's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$35.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Digital Media Solutions's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Digital Media Solutions financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$295.9 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 6.7% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$48.7 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 10.94% |
| Return on equity TTM | 0% |
| Profit margin | -0.37% |
| Book value | N/A |
| Market capitalisation | USD$410.9 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Digital Media Solutions shares
There are currently 163,919 Digital Media Solutions shares held short by investors – that's known as Digital Media Solutions's "short interest". This figure is 14.1% down from 190,880 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Digital Media Solutions shares can be evaluated.
Digital Media Solutions's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Digital Media Solutions's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Digital Media Solutions shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Digital Media Solutions shares traded daily (recently around 58752.329749104). Digital Media Solutions's SIR currently stands at 2.79. In other words for every 100,000 Digital Media Solutions shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2790 shares are currently held short.
However Digital Media Solutions's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Digital Media Solutions shares, or, against the total number of tradable Digital Media Solutions shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Digital Media Solutions's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Digital Media Solutions shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0051% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Digital Media Solutions shares, roughly 5 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 Digital Media Solutions.
Find out more about how you can short Digital Media Solutions stock.
Digital Media Solutions share dividends
We're not expecting Digital Media Solutions to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Digital Media Solutions overview
Digital Media Solutions, Inc. provides technology and digital performance technology solutions in the United States. It operates in three segments: Brand Direct, Marketplace, and Other. The company operates as a performance marketing engine for companies across various industries, including consumer finance, education, automotive, insurance, home services, brand performance, gig, health and wellness, and career. It builds, hosts, and maintains a portfolio of owned and operated websites in various verticals, such as insurance, education, home services, consumer finance, and automotive; and digital performance marketing solutions for its advertising clients' brand-specific products or services. The company also offers software-as-a-service and managed services to clients in the insurance, consumer finance, and education verticals. Digital Media Solutions, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.
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