How to buy Guild Holdings Company stock | $15.7

Guild Holdings Company is a mortgage finance business based in the US. Guild Holdings Company shares (GHLD) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Guild Holdings Company employs 4,400 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Guild Holdings Company stock price (NYSE: GHLD)

Use our graph to track the performance of GHLD stocks over time.

Guild Holdings Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-07-28.

Latest market close	$15.70
52-week range	$11.79 - $16.90
50-day moving average	$15.54
200-day moving average	$15.43
Wall St. target price	$19.67
PE ratio	1.7414
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$9.07

Buy Guild Holdings Company shares from these brokerages

Compare special offers, low fees and a wide range of types of investments among top trading platforms.

*Signup bonus information updated weekly.

Is it a good time to buy Guild Holdings Company stock?

The technical analysis gauge below displays real-time ratings for the timeframes you select. This is not a recommendation, however. It represents a technical analysis based on the most popular technical indicators: Moving Averages, Oscillators and Pivots. Finder might not concur and takes no responsibility.

Technical Analysis of Guild Holdings Company by TradingView

This chart is not advice or a guarantee of success. Rather, it gauges the real-time recommendations of three popular technical indicators: moving averages, oscillators and pivots. Finder is not responsible for how your stock performs.

Guild Holdings Company price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $15.7 from 2021-05-28

1 week (2021-07-21)	N/A
1 month (2021-07-01)	-0.88%
3 months (2021-04-30)	5.72%
6 months (2021-01-28)	N/A

1 year (2020-07-28)	N/A
2 years (2019-07-28)	N/A
3 years (2018-07-28)	N/A
5 years (2016-07-28)	N/A

Is Guild Holdings Company under- or over-valued?

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

Guild Holdings Company's P/E ratio

Guild Holdings Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 2x. In other words, Guild Holdings Company shares trade at around 2x 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.

However, Guild Holdings Company's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the mortgage finance industry or those of similar companies.

• Bank of America Corporation (BAC.US): 12.89
• Citigroup (C.US): 7.05
• Rocket Companies (RKT.US): 7.44

Guild Holdings Company's EBITDA

Guild Holdings Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $825.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Guild Holdings Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

To put Guild Holdings Company's EBITDA into context you can compare it against that of similar companies.

• LendingTree (TREE.US): USD$37.9 million
• Rocket Companies (RKT.US): USD$12.8 billion

Guild Holdings Company financials

Revenue TTM	$2 billion
Operating margin TTM	40.06%
Gross profit TTM	$1.7 billion
Return on assets TTM	9.86%
Return on equity TTM	83.45%
Profit margin	26.65%
Book value	$14.97
Market capitalisation	$947.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Guild Holdings Company shares

There are currently 16,564 Guild Holdings Company shares held short by investors – that's known as Guild Holdings Company's "short interest". This figure is 74.8% up from 9,478 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Guild Holdings Company shares can be evaluated.

Guild Holdings Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Guild Holdings Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Guild Holdings Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Guild Holdings Company shares traded daily (recently around 17435.789473684). Guild Holdings Company's SIR currently stands at 0.95. In other words for every 100,000 Guild Holdings Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 950 shares are currently held short.

To gain some more context, you can compare Guild Holdings Company's short interest ratio against those of similar companies.

• LendingTree (TREE.US): 6.69
• Bank of America Corporation (BAC.US): 1.54
• Citigroup (C.US): 1.28
• Rocket Companies (RKT.US): 2.51

However Guild Holdings Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Guild Holdings Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable Guild Holdings Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Guild Holdings Company's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Guild Holdings Company shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0025% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Guild Holdings Company 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 Guild Holdings Company.

Find out more about how you can short Guild Holdings Company stock.

Guild Holdings Company share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 15.89% of net profits

Recently Guild Holdings Company has paid out, on average, around 15.89% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Guild Holdings Company shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Guild Holdings Company's case, that would currently equate to about $N/A per share.

While Guild Holdings Company's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Guild Holdings Company is investing more in its future growth.

Guild Holdings Company's most recent dividend payout was on 27 May 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 19 May 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Guild Holdings Company's dividend payout ratio is perhaps best considered in relation to those of similar companies.

• LendingTree (TREE.US): 0.00% (does not pay dividend)
• Bank of America Corporation (BAC.US): 21.43%
• Citigroup (C.US): 19.54%
• Rocket Companies (RKT.US): 2.94%

Guild Holdings Company overview

Guild Holdings Company, a mortgage company, originates, sells, and services residential mortgage loans in the United States. The company operates approximately 200 branches with licenses in 48 states. It originates residential mortgages through retail and correspondent channels. The company was founded in 1960 and is based in San Diego, California. Guild Holdings Company is a subsidiary of McCarthy Capital Mortgage Investors, LLC. .

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Guild Holdings Company is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 59.576% of Guild Holdings Company shares are held by insiders and 23.894% by institutions. How many people work for Guild Holdings Company?
Latest data suggests 4,400 work at Guild Holdings Company. When does the fiscal year end for Guild Holdings Company?
Guild Holdings Company's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Guild Holdings Company based?
Guild Holdings Company's address is: 5887 Copley Drive, San Diego, CA, United States, 92111 What is Guild Holdings Company's ISIN number?
Guild Holdings Company's international securities identification number is: US40172N1072