How to buy Golden Star Resources stock

Golden Star Resources Ltd is a gold business based in the US. Golden Star Resources shares (GSS) are listed on the NYSE MKT and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Golden Star Resources share price

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Golden Star Resources shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-30.

52-week range	$2.30 - $5.20
50-day moving average	$3.30
200-day moving average	$3.69
Wall St. target price	$5.37
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$-0.23

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Is Golden Star Resources under- or over-valued?

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

Golden Star Resources's PEG ratio

Golden Star Resources's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.95. 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 Golden Star Resources's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Golden Star Resources's EBITDA

Golden Star Resources's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $124.2 million.

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

Golden Star Resources financials

Revenue TTM	$272.5 million
Operating margin TTM	36.64%
Gross profit TTM	$148.1 million
Return on assets TTM	17.42%
Return on equity TTM	-229.93%
Profit margin	-19.14%
Book value	$0.05
Market capitalisation	$399 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Golden Star Resources shares

There are currently 883,537 Golden Star Resources shares held short by investors – that's known as Golden Star Resources's "short interest". This figure is 29.6% down from 1.3 million last month.

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

Golden Star Resources's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Golden Star Resources's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Golden Star Resources shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Golden Star Resources shares traded daily (recently around 712529.83870968). Golden Star Resources's SIR currently stands at 1.24. In other words for every 100,000 Golden Star Resources shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1240 shares are currently held short.

However Golden Star Resources's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Golden Star Resources shares, or, against the total number of tradable Golden Star Resources shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Golden Star Resources's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Golden Star Resources shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0095% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Golden Star Resources shares, roughly 10 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 Golden Star Resources.

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Golden Star Resources share dividends

We're not expecting Golden Star Resources to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Golden Star Resources's shares ever split?

Golden Star Resources's shares were split on a 1:5 basis on 29 October 2018. 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 Golden Star Resources shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 400% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Golden Star Resources shares which in turn could have impacted Golden Star Resources's share price.

Golden Star Resources share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Golden Star Resources's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.3 up to $5.2. 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 MKT average) beta is 1, while Golden Star Resources's is 0.4488. This would suggest that Golden Star Resources's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Golden Star Resources overview

Golden Star Resources Ltd. operates as a gold mining and exploration company. The company owns and operates the Wassa gold mine, the Wassa underground mine, and a carbon-in-leach processing plant located to the northeast of the town of Tarkwa, Ghana; and the Bogoso gold mining and processing operation. It also holds and manages interests in various gold exploration properties in Ghana. Golden Star Resources Ltd. was incorporated in 1992 and is based in Toronto, Canada. .

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Golden Star Resources is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 43.763% of Golden Star Resources shares are held by insiders and 29.317% by institutions. When does the fiscal year end for Golden Star Resources?
Golden Star Resources's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Golden Star Resources based?
Golden Star Resources's address is: 333 Bay Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5H 2T6 What is Golden Star Resources's ISIN number?
Golden Star Resources's international securities identification number is: CA38119T8077 What is Golden Star Resources's CUSIP number?
Golden Star Resources's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 38119T104