How to buy i3 Verticals stock

i3 Verticals, Inc is a software—infrastructure business based in the US. i3 Verticals shares (IIIV) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. i3 Verticals employs 542 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$220.4 million.

How to buy shares in i3 Verticals

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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 i3 Verticals. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: IIIV. 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 i3 Verticals 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 i3 Verticals, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of i3 Verticals. 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.

i3 Verticals share price

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i3 Verticals shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-19.

52-week range	USD$13.01 - USD$37.8525
50-day moving average	USD$25.4009
200-day moving average	USD$26.062
Wall St. target price	USD$33.67
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.146

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Is it a good time to buy i3 Verticals stock?

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Is i3 Verticals under- or over-valued?

Valuing i3 Verticals stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of i3 Verticals's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

i3 Verticals's EBITDA

i3 Verticals's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$25.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a i3 Verticals's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

i3 Verticals financials

Revenue TTM	USD$220.4 million
Operating margin TTM	4.65%
Gross profit TTM	USD$89.2 million
Return on assets TTM	1.82%
Return on equity TTM	0.7%
Profit margin	-0.32%
Book value	$7.045
Market capitalisation	USD$769.4 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting i3 Verticals shares

There are currently 1.1 million i3 Verticals shares held short by investors – that's known as i3 Verticals's "short interest". This figure is 16.1% down from 1.3 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting i3 Verticals shares can be evaluated.

i3 Verticals's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

i3 Verticals's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of i3 Verticals shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of i3 Verticals shares traded daily (recently around 282105.8524173). i3 Verticals's SIR currently stands at 3.93. In other words for every 100,000 i3 Verticals shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3930 shares are currently held short.

However i3 Verticals's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of i3 Verticals shares, or, against the total number of tradable i3 Verticals shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case i3 Verticals's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 i3 Verticals shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.1391% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable i3 Verticals shares, roughly 139 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 i3 Verticals.

Find out more about how you can short i3 Verticals stock.

i3 Verticals share dividends

We're not expecting i3 Verticals to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

i3 Verticals share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, i3 Verticals's shares have ranged in value from as little as $13.01 up to $37.8525. 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 i3 Verticals's is 1.3346. This would suggest that i3 Verticals's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

i3 Verticals overview

i3 Verticals, Inc. provides integrated payment and software solutions to small- and medium-sized businesses and organizations in education, non-profit, public sector, property management, and healthcare markets in the United States. It operates in two segments, Merchant Services and Proprietary Software and Payments. The company offers payment processing services, including merchant onboarding, risk and underwriting, authorization, settlement, chargeback processing, and other merchant support. Its payment processing services enable clients to accept electronic payments, facilitating the exchange of funds and transaction data between clients, financial institutions, and payment networks. The company also licenses software; and provides ongoing support, and other point of sale-related solutions. It offers its solutions to its clients through direct sales force, as well as through a network of distribution partners, including independent software vendors, value-added resellers, independent sales organizations, and other referral partners, such as financial institutions. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of i3 Verticals is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.759% of i3 Verticals shares are held by insiders and 97.688% by institutions.

• How many people work for i3 Verticals?

  Latest data suggests 542 work at i3 Verticals.

• When does the fiscal year end for i3 Verticals?

  i3 Verticals's fiscal year ends in September.

• Where is i3 Verticals based?

  i3 Verticals's address is: 40 Burton Hills Boulevard, Nashville, TN, United States, 37215

• What is i3 Verticals's CUSIP number?

  i3 Verticals's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 46571Y107