How to buy Gentherm Incorporated stock

Gentherm Incorporated is an auto parts business based in the US. Gentherm Incorporated shares (THRM) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Gentherm Incorporated employs 11,519 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$913.1 million.

How to buy shares in Gentherm Incorporated

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3. Search for Gentherm Incorporated. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: THRM. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
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5. Decide on how many to buy. 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 Gentherm Incorporated, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Gentherm Incorporated. 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.

Gentherm Incorporated share price

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Gentherm Incorporated shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-16.

52-week range	USD$32.7 - USD$81.98
50-day moving average	USD$75.0546
200-day moving average	USD$62.8154
Wall St. target price	USD$77.5
PE ratio	43.2983
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.81

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Is Gentherm Incorporated under- or over-valued?

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

Gentherm Incorporated's P/E ratio

Gentherm Incorporated's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 43x. In other words, Gentherm Incorporated shares trade at around 43x 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.

Gentherm Incorporated's PEG ratio

Gentherm Incorporated's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.71. 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 Gentherm Incorporated's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Gentherm Incorporated's EBITDA

Gentherm Incorporated's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$135.4 million.

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

Gentherm Incorporated financials

Revenue TTM	USD$913.1 million
Operating margin TTM	10.41%
Gross profit TTM	USD$268.1 million
Return on assets TTM	6.74%
Return on equity TTM	11.15%
Profit margin	6.54%
Book value	$17.81
Market capitalisation	USD$2.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Gentherm Incorporated shares

There are currently 605,761 Gentherm Incorporated shares held short by investors – that's known as Gentherm Incorporated's "short interest". This figure is 4.1% up from 581,744 last month.

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

Gentherm Incorporated's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Gentherm Incorporated's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Gentherm Incorporated shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Gentherm Incorporated shares traded daily (recently around 228589.05660377). Gentherm Incorporated's SIR currently stands at 2.65. In other words for every 100,000 Gentherm Incorporated shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2650 shares are currently held short.

However Gentherm Incorporated's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Gentherm Incorporated shares, or, against the total number of tradable Gentherm Incorporated shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Gentherm Incorporated's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Gentherm Incorporated shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0249% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Gentherm Incorporated shares, roughly 25 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 Gentherm Incorporated.

Find out more about how you can short Gentherm Incorporated stock.

Gentherm Incorporated share dividends

We're not expecting Gentherm Incorporated to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Gentherm Incorporated's shares ever split?

Gentherm Incorporated's shares were split on a 1:5 basis on 27 January 1999. 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 Gentherm Incorporated shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 400% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Gentherm Incorporated shares which in turn could have impacted Gentherm Incorporated's share price.

Gentherm Incorporated share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Gentherm Incorporated's shares have ranged in value from as little as $32.7 up to $81.98. 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 Gentherm Incorporated's is 1.5312. This would suggest that Gentherm Incorporated's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Gentherm Incorporated overview

Gentherm Incorporated designs, develops, manufactures, and markets thermal management technologies. The company operates through two segments, Automotive and Medical. The Automotive segment offers climate comfort system solutions, which include seat heaters, blowers, and thermoelectric devices for variable temperature climate control seats and steering wheel heaters that are designed to provide thermal comfort to automobile passengers; integrated electronic components, such as electronic control units that utilize proprietary electronics technology and software; and other climate comfort system solutions, including neck conditioners and climate control system products for door panels, armrests, cupholders, and storage bins. It also provides battery performance solutions, including cell connecting devices for various types of automotive batteries, as well as thermal management products for heating and cooling 12V, 48V, and high voltage batteries and battery modules; and automotive electronic and software systems comprising electronic control units for climate comfort systems, as well as for memory seat modules and other devices. This segment serves light vehicle original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), commercial vehicle OEMs, and first tier suppliers to the automotive OEMs, including automotive seat manufacturers, as well as aftermarket seat distributors and installers. The Medical segment offers patient temperature management systems. The company provides its products and services in the United States, Germany, Canada, China, Hungary, Japan, Korea, the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and Vietnam.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Gentherm Incorporated is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.784% of Gentherm Incorporated shares are held by insiders and 103.602% by institutions.

• How many people work for Gentherm Incorporated?

  Latest data suggests 11,519 work at Gentherm Incorporated.

• When does the fiscal year end for Gentherm Incorporated?

  Gentherm Incorporated's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Gentherm Incorporated based?

  Gentherm Incorporated's address is: 21680 Haggerty Road, Northville, MI, United States, 48167

• What is Gentherm Incorporated's ISIN number?

  Gentherm Incorporated's international securities identification number is: US37253A1034

• What is Gentherm Incorporated's CUSIP number?

  Gentherm Incorporated's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 03070L102