How to buy Exterran Corporation stock | $4.42

Exterran Corporation is an oil & gas equipment & services business based in the US. Exterran Corporation shares (EXTN) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Exterran Corporation employs 3,600 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.2 billion.

How to buy shares in Exterran Corporation

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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 Exterran Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: EXTN. 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 Exterran 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. At last close price of USD$4.42, 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 Exterran Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Exterran 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.

Exterran Corporation share price

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Exterran Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-26.

Latest market close	USD$4.42
52-week range	USD$3.23 - USD$8.925
50-day moving average	USD$4.1476
200-day moving average	USD$4.8026
Wall St. target price	USD$10.5
PE ratio	74.7701
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.174

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Exterran Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $4.42 from 2020-12-31

1 week (2021-01-13)	-9.05%
1 month (2020-12-21)	0.91%
3 months (2020-10-20)	4.74%
6 months (2020-07-20)	-10.53%

1 year (2020-01-17)	-33.13%
2 years (2019-01-18)	-77.18%
3 years (2018-01-19)	31.83
5 years (2016-01-20)	13.5

Is Exterran Corporation under- or over-valued?

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

Exterran Corporation's P/E ratio

Exterran Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 75x. In other words, Exterran Corporation shares trade at around 75x 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.

Exterran Corporation's EBITDA

Exterran Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$165.3 million.

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

Exterran Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	3.28%
Gross profit TTM	USD$363.2 million
Return on assets TTM	1.65%
Return on equity TTM	-28.15%
Profit margin	-12.73%
Book value	$9.839
Market capitalisation	USD$142.8 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Exterran Corporation shares

There are currently 1.2 million Exterran Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Exterran Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 44.8% up from 857,008 last month.

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

Exterran Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Exterran Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Exterran Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Exterran Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 261783.75527426). Exterran Corporation's SIR currently stands at 4.74. In other words for every 100,000 Exterran Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4740 shares are currently held short.

However Exterran Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Exterran Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Exterran Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Exterran Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Exterran Corporation shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0462% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Exterran Corporation shares, roughly 46 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 Exterran Corporation.

Find out more about how you can short Exterran Corporation stock.

Exterran Corporation share dividends

We're not expecting Exterran Corporation to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Exterran Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Exterran Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $3.23 up to $8.925. 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 Exterran Corporation's is 1.0089. This would suggest that Exterran 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).

Exterran Corporation overview

Exterran Corporation, a systems and process company, provides various solutions in the oil, gas, water, and power markets worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Contract Operations, Aftermarket Services, and Product Sales. It offers compression, processing, and treating services through the operation of natural gas compression equipment, and crude oil and natural gas production and process equipment; and water treatment and power solutions. The company also sells parts and components; and provides operation, maintenance, overhaul, upgrade, startup and commissioning, and reconfiguration services. In addition, it designs, engineers, manufactures, sells, and installs natural gas compression packages and equipment, such as wellheads, gatherings, residue and high pressure natural gas compression equipment, cryogenic plants, mechanical refrigeration and dew point control plants, condensate stabilizers, water treatment equipment, integrated power generation, and skid-mounted production packages used in treating and processing of crude oil and natural gas. Further, the company sells custom-engineered and built-to-specification natural gas and oil processing and treating equipment; and skid-mounted natural gas compression equipment and pre-engineered compressor units. It serves integrated and national oil and natural gas companies, national energy companies, and independent oil and natural gas producers, as well as oil and natural gas processors, gatherers, and pipeline operators. Exterran Corporation was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Exterran Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 3.653% of Exterran Corporation shares are held by insiders and 85.833% by institutions.

• How many people work for Exterran Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 3,600 work at Exterran Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Exterran Corporation?

  Exterran Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Exterran Corporation based?

  Exterran Corporation's address is: 11000 Equity Drive, Houston, TX, United States, 77041

• What is Exterran Corporation's ISIN number?

  Exterran Corporation's international securities identification number is: US30227H1068

• What is Exterran Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Exterran Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 30227H106