How to buy Griffin Industrial Realty stock | $65.9

Griffin Industrial Realty, Inc is a real estate-development business based in the US. Griffin Industrial Realty shares (GRIF) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Griffin Industrial Realty employs 31 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$37.6 million.

How to buy shares in Griffin Industrial Realty

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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 Griffin Industrial Realty. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: GRIF. 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 Griffin Industrial Realty 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$65.9, 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 Griffin Industrial Realty, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Griffin Industrial Realty. 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.

Griffin Industrial Realty share price

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Griffin Industrial Realty shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$65.9
52-week range	USD$28.6711 - USD$80.35
50-day moving average	USD$66.8309
200-day moving average	USD$56.6963
Wall St. target price	N/A
PE ratio	57.7179
Dividend yield	USD$0.5 (0.67%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.776

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Is it a good time to buy Griffin Industrial Realty stock?

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Griffin Industrial Realty price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $65.9 from 2021-01-11

1 week (2021-01-15)	-5.71%
1 month (2020-12-23)	3.36%
3 months (2020-10-23)	13.56%
6 months (2020-07-23)	30.73%

1 year (2020-01-23)	63.12%
2 years (2019-01-23)	102.89%
3 years (2018-01-23)	77.51%
5 years (2016-01-22)	169.09%

Is Griffin Industrial Realty under- or over-valued?

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

Griffin Industrial Realty's P/E ratio

Griffin Industrial Realty's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 58x. In other words, Griffin Industrial Realty shares trade at around 58x 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.

Griffin Industrial Realty's EBITDA

Griffin Industrial Realty's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$17 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Griffin Industrial Realty's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Griffin Industrial Realty financials

Revenue TTM	USD$37.6 million
Operating margin TTM	12.93%
Gross profit TTM	USD$32.1 million
Return on assets TTM	1.05%
Return on equity TTM	-4.18%
Profit margin	-11.27%
Book value	$19.095
Market capitalisation	USD$367.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Griffin Industrial Realty shares

There are currently 44,227 Griffin Industrial Realty shares held short by investors – that's known as Griffin Industrial Realty's "short interest". This figure is 8.8% down from 48,477 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Griffin Industrial Realty shares can be evaluated.

Griffin Industrial Realty's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Griffin Industrial Realty's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Griffin Industrial Realty shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Griffin Industrial Realty shares traded daily (recently around 12183.746556474). Griffin Industrial Realty's SIR currently stands at 3.63. In other words for every 100,000 Griffin Industrial Realty shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3630 shares are currently held short.

However Griffin Industrial Realty's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Griffin Industrial Realty shares, or, against the total number of tradable Griffin Industrial Realty shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Griffin Industrial Realty's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Griffin Industrial Realty shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0729% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Griffin Industrial Realty shares, roughly 73 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 Griffin Industrial Realty.

Find out more about how you can short Griffin Industrial Realty stock.

Griffin Industrial Realty share dividends

We're not expecting Griffin Industrial Realty to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Griffin Industrial Realty share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Griffin Industrial Realty's shares have ranged in value from as little as $28.6711 up to $80.35. 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 Griffin Industrial Realty's is 1.0635. This would suggest that Griffin Industrial Realty's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Griffin Industrial Realty overview

Griffin Industrial Realty, Inc. develops, acquires, manages, and leases industrial and commercial properties in the United States. As of November 30, 2019, the company owned 40 buildings comprising 28 industrial/warehouse buildings, 11 office/flex buildings, and a restaurant building. It also owns real estate properties in the Hartford, Connecticut area; the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania; and the greater Charlotte, North Carolina area, as well as Massachusetts and Florida. The company was formerly known as Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. and changed its name to Griffin Industrial Realty, Inc. in May 2015. Griffin Industrial Realty, Inc. was incorporated in 1970 and is headquartered in New York City, New York.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Griffin Industrial Realty is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 52.048% of Griffin Industrial Realty shares are held by insiders and 45.246% by institutions.

• How many people work for Griffin Industrial Realty?

  Latest data suggests 31 work at Griffin Industrial Realty.

• When does the fiscal year end for Griffin Industrial Realty?

  Griffin Industrial Realty's fiscal year ends in November.

• Where is Griffin Industrial Realty based?

  Griffin Industrial Realty's address is: 641 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, United States, 10022

• What is Griffin Industrial Realty's ISIN number?

  Griffin Industrial Realty's international securities identification number is: US3982311009

• What is Griffin Industrial Realty's CUSIP number?

  Griffin Industrial Realty's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 398231100