How to buy Gran Tierra Energy stock | $0.413

Gran Tierra Energy Inc is an oil & gas e&p business based in the US. Gran Tierra Energy shares (GTE) are listed on the NYSE MKT and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Gran Tierra Energy employs 362 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$301 million.

How to buy shares in Gran Tierra Energy

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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 Gran Tierra Energy. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: GTE. 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 Gran Tierra Energy 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$0.413, 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 Gran Tierra Energy, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Gran Tierra Energy. 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.

Gran Tierra Energy share price

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Gran Tierra Energy shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$0.413
52-week range	USD$0.18 - USD$1.38
50-day moving average	USD$0.3036
200-day moving average	USD$0.2935
Wall St. target price	USD$4.72
PE ratio	2.796
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.002

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Gran Tierra Energy price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $0.413 from 2020-12-11

1 week (2021-01-15)	-19.02%
1 month (2020-12-23)	14.72%
3 months (2020-10-22)	87.73%
6 months (2020-07-22)	18.85%

1 year (2020-01-22)	-62.45%
2 years (2019-01-22)	-82.43%
3 years (2018-01-22)	2.77
5 years (2016-01-22)	2.39

Is Gran Tierra Energy under- or over-valued?

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

Gran Tierra Energy's P/E ratio

Gran Tierra Energy's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 3x. In other words, Gran Tierra Energy shares trade at around 3x recent earnings.

Gran Tierra Energy's PEG ratio

Gran Tierra Energy's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.1286. 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 Gran Tierra Energy's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Gran Tierra Energy's EBITDA

Gran Tierra Energy's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$125 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Gran Tierra Energy's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Gran Tierra Energy financials

Revenue TTM	USD$301 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$367.4 million
Return on assets TTM	-2.63%
Return on equity TTM	-107.4%
Profit margin	-233.6%
Book value	$0.829
Market capitalisation	USD$127.1 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Gran Tierra Energy shares

There are currently 713,321 Gran Tierra Energy shares held short by investors – that's known as Gran Tierra Energy's "short interest". This figure is 10.6% up from 645,202 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Gran Tierra Energy shares can be evaluated.

Gran Tierra Energy's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Gran Tierra Energy's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Gran Tierra Energy shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Gran Tierra Energy shares traded daily (recently around 8.9 million). Gran Tierra Energy's SIR currently stands at 0.08. In other words for every 100,000 Gran Tierra Energy shares traded daily on the market, roughly 80 shares are currently held short.

However Gran Tierra Energy's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Gran Tierra Energy shares, or, against the total number of tradable Gran Tierra Energy shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Gran Tierra Energy's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Gran Tierra Energy shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.003% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Gran Tierra Energy shares, roughly 3 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 Gran Tierra Energy.

Find out more about how you can short Gran Tierra Energy stock.

Gran Tierra Energy share dividends

We're not expecting Gran Tierra Energy to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Gran Tierra Energy's shares ever split?

Gran Tierra Energy's shares were split on a 3:1 basis on 12 September 2005. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Gran Tierra Energy shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Gran Tierra Energy shares which in turn could have impacted Gran Tierra Energy's share price.

Gran Tierra Energy share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Gran Tierra Energy's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.18 up to $1.38. 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 Gran Tierra Energy's is 2.2184. This would suggest that Gran Tierra Energy's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Gran Tierra Energy overview

Gran Tierra Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas properties in Colombia and Ecuador. As of December 31, 2019, it had total proved undeveloped reserves of 31.0 million barrels of oil equivalent in Colombia. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Gran Tierra Energy is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.93% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by insiders and 40.094% by institutions.

• How many people work for Gran Tierra Energy?

  Latest data suggests 362 work at Gran Tierra Energy.

• When does the fiscal year end for Gran Tierra Energy?

  Gran Tierra Energy's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Gran Tierra Energy based?

  Gran Tierra Energy's address is: 520 ? 3rd Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2P 0R3

• What is Gran Tierra Energy's ISIN number?

  Gran Tierra Energy's international securities identification number is: US38500T1016

• What is Gran Tierra Energy's CUSIP number?

  Gran Tierra Energy's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 38500T101