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IDEXX Laboratories, Inc is a diagnostics & research business based in the US. IDEXX Laboratories shares (IDXX) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. IDEXX Laboratories employs 9,200 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$2.6 billion.
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52-week range | USD$168.65 - USD$516.87 |
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50-day moving average | USD$484.4355 |
200-day moving average | USD$418.8379 |
Wall St. target price | USD$500.6 |
PE ratio | 85.924 |
Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$5.736 |
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Valuing IDEXX Laboratories stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of IDEXX Laboratories's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
IDEXX Laboratories's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 86x. In other words, IDEXX Laboratories shares trade at around 86x 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.
IDEXX Laboratories's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 5.9832. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into IDEXX Laboratories's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
IDEXX Laboratories's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$732.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a IDEXX Laboratories's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | USD$2.6 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 24.64% |
Gross profit TTM | USD$1.4 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 21.01% |
Return on equity TTM | 154.61% |
Profit margin | 19.2% |
Book value | $5.165 |
Market capitalisation | USD$42 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 773,211 IDEXX Laboratories shares held short by investors – that's known as IDEXX Laboratories's "short interest". This figure is 13% up from 684,533 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting IDEXX Laboratories shares can be evaluated.
IDEXX Laboratories's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of IDEXX Laboratories shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of IDEXX Laboratories shares traded daily (recently around 373531.88405797). IDEXX Laboratories's SIR currently stands at 2.07. In other words for every 100,000 IDEXX Laboratories shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2070 shares are currently held short.
However IDEXX Laboratories's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of IDEXX Laboratories shares, or, against the total number of tradable IDEXX Laboratories shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case IDEXX Laboratories's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 IDEXX Laboratories shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0103% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable IDEXX Laboratories shares, roughly 10 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 IDEXX Laboratories.
Find out more about how you can short IDEXX Laboratories stock.
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like IDEXX Laboratories.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 29.79
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and IDEXX Laboratories's overall score of 29.79 (as at 01/01/2019) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 55th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like IDEXX Laboratories is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 9.93/100
IDEXX Laboratories's environmental score of 9.93 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that IDEXX Laboratories is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 14.44/100
IDEXX Laboratories's social score of 14.44 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that IDEXX Laboratories is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 17.91/100
IDEXX Laboratories's governance score puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that IDEXX Laboratories is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
Total ESG score | 29.79 |
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Total ESG percentile | 54.84 |
Environmental score | 9.93 |
Environmental score percentile | 6 |
Social score | 14.44 |
Social score percentile | 6 |
Governance score | 17.91 |
Governance score percentile | 6 |
We're not expecting IDEXX Laboratories to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
IDEXX Laboratories's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 16 June 2015. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your IDEXX Laboratories shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for IDEXX Laboratories shares which in turn could have impacted IDEXX Laboratories's share price.
Over the last 12 months, IDEXX Laboratories's shares have ranged in value from as little as $168.65 up to $516.87. 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 IDEXX Laboratories's is 0.8797. This would suggest that IDEXX Laboratories's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and distributes products and services primarily for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, dairy, and water testing markets worldwide. The company operates through Companion Animal Group; Water Quality Products; Livestock, Poultry and Dairy; and Other segments. It provides point-of-care veterinary diagnostic products, including instruments, consumables, and rapid assay test kits; veterinary reference laboratory diagnostic and consulting services; practice management and diagnostic imaging systems and services for veterinarians; and health monitoring, biological materials testing, and laboratory animal diagnostic instruments and services for biomedical research community. The company also offers diagnostic and health-monitoring products for livestock, poultry, and dairy; products that test water for various microbiological contaminants; and point-of-care electrolytes and blood gas analyzers that are used in the human point-of-care medical diagnostics market. It markets its products through marketing, customer service, sales, and technical service groups, as well as through independent distributors and other resellers. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Westbrook, Maine.
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