How to buy Houston Wire-and-Cable Company stock

Houston Wire & Cable Company is an industrial distribution business based in the US. Houston Wire-and-Cable Company shares (HWCC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Houston Wire-and-Cable Company employs 338 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Houston Wire-and-Cable Company share price

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Houston Wire-and-Cable Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-29.

52-week range	$2.06 - $5.33
50-day moving average	$4.80
200-day moving average	$3.57
Wall St. target price	$8.00
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	$0 (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.04

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Is Houston Wire-and-Cable Company under- or over-valued?

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

Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's EBITDA

Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $992,000.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Houston Wire-and-Cable Company financials

Revenue TTM	$286 million
Gross profit TTM	$63 million
Return on assets TTM	-0.7%
Return on equity TTM	-12.87%
Profit margin	-4.4%
Book value	$5.45
Market capitalisation	$88.7 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Houston Wire-and-Cable Company shares

There are currently 108,800 Houston Wire-and-Cable Company shares held short by investors – that's known as Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's "short interest". This figure is 1.7% down from 110,711 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Houston Wire-and-Cable Company shares can be evaluated.

Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Houston Wire-and-Cable Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Houston Wire-and-Cable Company shares traded daily (recently around 518095.23809524). Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's SIR currently stands at 0.21. In other words for every 100,000 Houston Wire-and-Cable Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 210 shares are currently held short.

However Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Houston Wire-and-Cable Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable Houston Wire-and-Cable Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Houston Wire-and-Cable Company shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0079% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Houston Wire-and-Cable Company shares, roughly 8 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 Houston Wire-and-Cable Company.

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Houston Wire-and-Cable Company share dividends

We're not expecting Houston Wire-and-Cable Company to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Houston Wire-and-Cable Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.06 up to $5.33. 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 Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's is 1.3646. This would suggest that Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Houston Wire-and-Cable Company overview

Houston Wire & Cable Company distributes industrial fasteners in the United States. Houston Wire & Cable Company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. .

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Houston Wire-and-Cable Company is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 7.286% of Houston Wire-and-Cable Company shares are held by insiders and 63.736% by institutions.

• How many people work for Houston Wire-and-Cable Company?

  Latest data suggests 338 work at Houston Wire-and-Cable Company.

• When does the fiscal year end for Houston Wire-and-Cable Company?

  Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Houston Wire-and-Cable Company based?

  Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's address is: 10201 North Loop East, Houston, TX, United States, 77029

• What is Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's ISIN number?

  Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's international securities identification number is: US44244K1097

• What is Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's CUSIP number?

  Houston Wire-and-Cable Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 44244K109