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GP Strategies Corporation is an education & training services business based in the US. GP Strategies Corporation shares (GPX) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. GP Strategies Corporation employs 4,856 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$528.8 million.

How to buy shares in GP Strategies 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 GP Strategies Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: GPX. 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 GP Strategies 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$12.44, 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 GP Strategies Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of GP Strategies 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.

GP Strategies Corporation share price

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GP Strategies Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$12.44
52-week range	USD$5.2 - USD$15.24
50-day moving average	USD$9.7271
200-day moving average	USD$8.277
Wall St. target price	USD$11.33
PE ratio	18.2759
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.572

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Is it a good time to buy GP Strategies Corporation stock?

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GP Strategies Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $12.44 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-20)	2.98%
1 month (2020-10-29)	21.72%
3 months (2020-08-28)	32.48%
6 months (2020-05-29)	58.47%

1 year (2019-11-29)	-2.05%
2 years (2018-11-29)	-6.96%
3 years (2017-11-29)	-46.72%
5 years (2015-11-27)	-55.71%

Is GP Strategies Corporation under- or over-valued?

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

GP Strategies Corporation's P/E ratio

GP Strategies 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 18x. In other words, GP Strategies Corporation shares trade at around 18x 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.

GP Strategies Corporation's PEG ratio

GP Strategies Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.5362. 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 GP Strategies Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

GP Strategies Corporation's EBITDA

GP Strategies Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$18.7 million.

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

GP Strategies Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$528.8 million
Operating margin TTM	1.82%
Gross profit TTM	USD$89.2 million
Return on assets TTM	1.41%
Return on equity TTM	4.91%
Profit margin	1.84%
Book value	$11.878
Market capitalisation	USD$171.4 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting GP Strategies Corporation shares

There are currently 310,633 GP Strategies Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as GP Strategies Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 10.6% down from 347,294 last month.

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

GP Strategies Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

GP Strategies Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of GP Strategies Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of GP Strategies Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 41920.782726046). GP Strategies Corporation's SIR currently stands at 7.41. In other words for every 100,000 GP Strategies Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 7410 shares are currently held short.

However GP Strategies Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of GP Strategies Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable GP Strategies Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case GP Strategies Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 GP Strategies Corporation shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0307% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable GP Strategies Corporation shares, roughly 31 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against GP Strategies Corporation.

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GP Strategies Corporation share dividends

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

Have GP Strategies Corporation's shares ever split?

GP Strategies Corporation's shares were split on a 1:4 basis on 9 October 1995. So if you had owned 4 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 GP Strategies Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 300% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for GP Strategies Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted GP Strategies Corporation's share price.

GP Strategies Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, GP Strategies Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.2 up to $15.24. 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 GP Strategies Corporation's is 1.5632. This would suggest that GP Strategies Corporation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

GP Strategies Corporation overview

GP Strategies Corporation provides performance improvement and learning solutions worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Workforce Excellence and Business Transformation Services. The Workforce Excellence segment offers managed learning services, including strategic learning and development consulting; digital learning content design and development solutions; and a suite of learning operations services, such as managed facilitation and delivery, managed training administration and logistics, help desk support, and event and vendor management. This segment also provides engineering and technical services comprising design, development and delivery of technical work-based learning, plant launch initiatives, engineering design and construction management, fabrication, management, operational excellence consulting, chemical demilitarization, homeland security, emergency management support, and asset management and performance improvement consulting, as well as technical documentation services; EtaPRO performance and condition monitoring system, a suite of real-time digital solutions for facilities and power-generating units; and GPiLEARN+ portal, a web-based off-the-shelf delivery format of technical courses. The Business Transformation Services segment offers custom product sales training and service technical training primarily to automotive manufacturers and service technicians; and organizational development solutions, including strategy, leadership, employee engagement and culture consulting, enterprise technology implementation and adoption, and organization design and business performance consulting. It serves companies in the automotive, financial services and insurance, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, power, chemical, electronics and technology, manufacturing, software, retail, healthcare, education, and food and beverage industries, as well as government agencies. GP Strategies Corporation was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 3.624% of GP Strategies Corporation shares are held by insiders and 85.037% by institutions.

• How many people work for GP Strategies Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 4,856 work at GP Strategies Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for GP Strategies Corporation?

  GP Strategies Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is GP Strategies Corporation based?

  GP Strategies Corporation's address is: 70 Corporate Center, Columbia, MD, United States, 21044

• What is GP Strategies Corporation's ISIN number?

  GP Strategies Corporation's international securities identification number is: US36225V1044

• What is GP Strategies Corporation's CUSIP number?

  GP Strategies Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 36225V104