How to buy Fuel Tech stock | $2.2

Fuel Tech Inc is a pollution & treatment controls business based in the US. Fuel Tech shares (FTEK) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Fuel Tech employs 73 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Fuel Tech stock price (NASDAQ: FTEK)

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Fuel Tech shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-10-16.

Latest market close	$2.20
52-week range	$0.69 - $6.65
50-day moving average	$1.78
200-day moving average	$2.09
Wall St. target price	$1.75
PE ratio	101.1765
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.02

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Is it a good time to buy Fuel Tech stock?

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Fuel Tech price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $2.2 from 2021-10-20

1 week (2021-10-14)	26.44%
1 month (2021-09-21)	29.41%
3 months (2021-07-21)	9.45%
6 months (2021-04-21)	-1.79%

1 year (2020-10-20)	168.29%
2 years (2019-10-18)	127.25%
3 years (2018-10-19)	78.86%
5 years (2016-10-20)	66.67%

Is Fuel Tech under- or over-valued?

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

Fuel Tech's P/E ratio

Fuel Tech's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 101x. In other words, Fuel Tech shares trade at around 101x 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.

Fuel Tech's EBITDA

Fuel Tech's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.4 million.

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

Fuel Tech financials

Revenue TTM	$24.6 million
Gross profit TTM	$8 million
Return on assets TTM	-5.51%
Return on equity TTM	1.35%
Profit margin	1.84%
Book value	$1.52
Market capitalisation	$52.1 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Fuel Tech shares

There are currently 925,486 Fuel Tech shares held short by investors – that's known as Fuel Tech's "short interest". This figure is 11% down from 1.0 million last month.

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

Fuel Tech's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Fuel Tech's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Fuel Tech shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Fuel Tech shares traded daily (recently around 430458.60465116). Fuel Tech's SIR currently stands at 2.15. In other words for every 100,000 Fuel Tech shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2150 shares are currently held short.

However Fuel Tech's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Fuel Tech shares, or, against the total number of tradable Fuel Tech shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Fuel Tech's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Fuel Tech shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0398% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Fuel Tech shares, roughly 40 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 Fuel Tech.

Find out more about how you can short Fuel Tech stock.

Fuel Tech share dividends

We're not expecting Fuel Tech to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Fuel Tech share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Fuel Tech's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.69 up to $6.65. 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 Fuel Tech's is 5.7349. This would suggest that Fuel Tech's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Fuel Tech overview

Fuel Tech, Inc. provides boiler optimization, efficiency improvement, and air pollution reduction and control solutions to utility and industrial customers worldwide. It operates through two segments, Air Pollution Control Technology and FUEL CHEM Technology. The Air Pollution Control Technology segment offers technologies to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions in flue gas from boilers, incinerators, furnaces, and other stationary combustion sources by low and ultra-low NOx burners; over-fire air systems; NOxOUT and HERT selective non-catalytic reduction systems; advanced selective catalytic reduction systems comprising ULNB, OFA, and SNCR components, as well as downsized SCR catalyst, ammonia injection grid, and graduated straightening grid systems; NOxOUT CASCADE and NOxOUT-SCR processes; ULTRA technology; and flue gas conditioning systems. The FUEL CHEM Technology segment provides programs to improve the efficiency, reliability, fuel flexibility, boiler heat rate, and environmental status of combustion units by controlling slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity, and acid plume, as well as the formation of sulfur trioxide, ammonium bisulfate, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide through the addition of chemicals into the furnace using TIFI targeted in-furnace injection technology. This segment offers its FUEL CHEM program for plants operating in the electric utility, industrial, pulp and paper, waste-to-energy, and university, and district heating markets; and the owners of boilers, furnaces, and other combustion units. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Fuel Tech is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 22.418% of Fuel Tech shares are held by insiders and 18.786% by institutions. How many people work for Fuel Tech?
Latest data suggests 73 work at Fuel Tech. When does the fiscal year end for Fuel Tech?
Fuel Tech's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Fuel Tech based?
Fuel Tech's address is: 27601 Bella Vista Parkway, Warrenville, IL, United States, 60555-1617 What is Fuel Tech's ISIN number?
Fuel Tech's international securities identification number is: US3595231073 What is Fuel Tech's CUSIP number?
Fuel Tech's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 359523107