How to buy EnerSys stock | 83.44

EnerSys is an electrical equipment & parts business based in the US. EnerSys shares (ENS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. EnerSys employs 11,400 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$3 billion.

How to buy shares in EnerSys

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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 EnerSys. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ENS. 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 EnerSys 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$83.44, 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 EnerSys, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of EnerSys. 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.

How has coronavirus impacted EnerSys's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, EnerSys's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$83.44, which is 10.22% up on its pre-crash value of USD$74.91 and 136.99% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$35.2083.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of EnerSys shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$567.86 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,122.27.

EnerSys share price

Use our graph to track the performance of ENS stocks over time.

EnerSys shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$83.44
52-week range	USD$35.2083 - USD$80.22
50-day moving average	USD$69.604
200-day moving average	USD$64.9046
Wall St. target price	USD$84.33
PE ratio	25.3772
Dividend yield	USD$0.7 (0.95%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.888

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EnerSys price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $83.44 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-23)	2.91%
1 month (2020-10-30)	16.54%
3 months (2020-08-28)	13.31%
6 months (2020-05-29)	31.82%

1 year (2019-11-29)	18.91%
2 years (2018-11-30)	-4.50%
3 years (2017-11-30)	20.77%
5 years (2015-11-30)	41.66%

Is EnerSys under- or over-valued?

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

EnerSys's P/E ratio

EnerSys's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 25x. In other words, EnerSys shares trade at around 25x 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.

EnerSys's PEG ratio

EnerSys's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.7715. 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 EnerSys's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

EnerSys's EBITDA

EnerSys's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$325.5 million.

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

EnerSys financials

Revenue TTM	USD$3 billion
Operating margin TTM	7.81%
Gross profit TTM	USD$781.7 million
Return on assets TTM	4.55%
Return on equity TTM	9.29%
Profit margin	4.11%
Book value	$32.065
Market capitalisation	USD$3.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting EnerSys shares

There are currently 976,280 EnerSys shares held short by investors – that's known as EnerSys's "short interest". This figure is 6.7% down from 1.0 million last month.

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

EnerSys's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

EnerSys's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of EnerSys shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of EnerSys shares traded daily (recently around 214567.03296703). EnerSys's SIR currently stands at 4.55. In other words for every 100,000 EnerSys shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4550 shares are currently held short.

However EnerSys's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of EnerSys shares, or, against the total number of tradable EnerSys shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case EnerSys's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 EnerSys shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0261% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable EnerSys shares, roughly 26 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 EnerSys.

Find out more about how you can short EnerSys stock.

EnerSys share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 16.28% of net profits

Recently EnerSys has paid out, on average, around 16.28% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.95% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), EnerSys shareholders could enjoy a 0.95% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In EnerSys's case, that would currently equate to about $0.7 per share.

While EnerSys's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that EnerSys is investing more in its future growth.

EnerSys's most recent dividend payout was on 25 September 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 10 September 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have EnerSys's shares ever split?

EnerSys's shares were split on a 10:1 basis on 20 October 2011. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 10 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your EnerSys shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 90% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for EnerSys shares which in turn could have impacted EnerSys's share price.

EnerSys share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, EnerSys's shares have ranged in value from as little as $35.2083 up to $80.22. 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 EnerSys's is 1.5753. This would suggest that EnerSys's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

EnerSys overview

EnerSys manufactures, markets, and distributes industrial batteries. The company offers battery chargers, power equipment, battery accessories, and outdoor cabinet enclosures, as well as related after-market and customer-support services for industrial batteries. It also provides reserve power products that are used for backup power for the continuous operation of critical applications in telecommunications systems, uninterruptible power systems applications for computer and computer-controlled systems, and other specialty power applications, including medical and security systems, premium starting, lighting, and ignition applications, as well as in switchgear, electrical control systems used in electric utilities, large-scale energy storage, energy pipelines, commercial aircraft, satellites, military aircraft, submarines, ships, and tactical vehicles. The company's reserve power products also include thermally managed cabinets and enclosures for electronic equipment and batteries. In addition, it offers motive power products that are used to provide power for electric industrial forklifts used in manufacturing, warehousing, and other material handling applications, as well as mining equipment, diesel locomotive starting, and other rail equipment. The company sells its products through a network of distributors, independent representatives, and internal sales forces in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Oceania. The company was formerly known as Yuasa, Inc. and changed its name to EnerSys in January 2001 to reflect its focus on the energy systems business. EnerSys was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 1.429% of EnerSys shares are held by insiders and 102.157% by institutions.

• How many people work for EnerSys?

  Latest data suggests 11,400 work at EnerSys.

• When does the fiscal year end for EnerSys?

  EnerSys's fiscal year ends in March.

• Where is EnerSys based?

  EnerSys's address is: 2366 Bernville Road, Reading, PA, United States, 19605

• What is EnerSys's ISIN number?

  EnerSys's international securities identification number is: US29275Y1029

• What is EnerSys's CUSIP number?

  EnerSys's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 29275Y102