How to buy Hi-Crush stock

Hi-Crush Inc is an oil & gas equipment & services business based in the US. Hi-Crush shares (HCR) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Hi-Crush employs 747 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$622.9 million.

How to buy shares in Hi-Crush

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
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 Hi-Crush. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: HCR. 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 Hi-Crush 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. 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 Hi-Crush, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Hi-Crush. 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.

Hi-Crush share price

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Hi-Crush shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-15.

52-week range	USD$0.0078 - USD$0.98
50-day moving average	USD$0.0185
200-day moving average	USD$0.1365
Wall St. target price	N/A
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (17.44%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-1.101

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Is Hi-Crush under- or over-valued?

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

Hi-Crush's EBITDA

Hi-Crush's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$60.7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Hi-Crush's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Hi-Crush financials

Revenue TTM	USD$622.9 million
Operating margin TTM	0.31%
Gross profit TTM	USD$114.6 million
Return on assets TTM	0.1%
Return on equity TTM	0%
Profit margin	-88.99%
Book value	$4.184
Market capitalisation	USD$15.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Hi-Crush shares

There are currently 5.7 million Hi-Crush shares held short by investors – that's known as Hi-Crush's "short interest". This figure is 25.1% down from 7.6 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Hi-Crush shares can be evaluated.

Hi-Crush's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Hi-Crush's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Hi-Crush shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Hi-Crush shares traded daily (recently around 4.3 million). Hi-Crush's SIR currently stands at 1.33. In other words for every 100,000 Hi-Crush shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1330 shares are currently held short.

However Hi-Crush's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Hi-Crush shares, or, against the total number of tradable Hi-Crush shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Hi-Crush's short interest could be expressed as 0.06% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Hi-Crush shares in existence, roughly 60 shares are currently held short) or 0.0599% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Hi-Crush shares, roughly 60 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 Hi-Crush.

Find out more about how you can short Hi-Crush stock.

Hi-Crush share dividends

We're not expecting Hi-Crush to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Hi-Crush share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Hi-Crush's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.0078 up to $0.98. 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 Hi-Crush's is 2.3272. This would suggest that Hi-Crush's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Hi-Crush overview

Hi-Crush Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides proppant and logistics services for hydraulic fracturing operations in the United States. The company offers raw frac sand used in the hydraulic fracturing process for oil and natural gas wells. It owns and operates various frac sand mining facilities, including a 973 contiguous acre facility located in Wyeville, Wisconsin; a 1,187 contiguous acre facility located in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin; a 1,626 acre facility located in Independence, Wisconsin and Whitehall, Wisconsin; a 1,285 acre facility located in Blair, Wisconsin with on-site processing and truck loading facilities; and a 1,226 acre grass sand reserve located near Kermit, Texas. As of December 31, 2019, the company owned and operated 11 terminal locations throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Colorado, and New York, as well as owned and leased 50 PropBeast conveyors and 2,978 containers, 15 Atlas topfill conveyors, and 35 silo systems. In addition, it offers PropDispatch, a logistics software system. It primarily serves pressure pumping service providers, and oil and gas exploration and production companies. Hi-Crush GP LLC operates as the general partner of the company. The company was formerly known as Hi-Crush Partners LP and changed its name to Hi-Crush Inc. in June 2019. Hi-Crush Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Hi-Crush is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 5.989% of Hi-Crush shares are held by insiders and 12.67% by institutions.

• How many people work for Hi-Crush?

  Latest data suggests 747 work at Hi-Crush.

• When does the fiscal year end for Hi-Crush?

  Hi-Crush's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Hi-Crush based?

  Hi-Crush's address is: 1330 Post Oak Bulevard, Houston, TX, United States, 77056

• What is Hi-Crush's ISIN number?

  Hi-Crush's international securities identification number is: US4283371098

• What is Hi-Crush's CUSIP number?

  Hi-Crush's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 428337109