How to buy Image Sensing Systems stock | $4.38

Image Sensing Systems, Inc is a scientific & technical instruments business based in the US. Image Sensing Systems shares (ISNS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Image Sensing Systems employs 55 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$13.7 million.

How to buy shares in Image Sensing Systems

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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 Image Sensing Systems. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ISNS. 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 Image Sensing Systems 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. At last close price of USD$4.38, 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 Image Sensing Systems, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Image Sensing Systems. 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.

Image Sensing Systems share price

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Image Sensing Systems shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-26.

Latest market close	USD$4.38
52-week range	USD$2.7933 - USD$5.87
50-day moving average	USD$4.4082
200-day moving average	USD$3.8707
Wall St. target price	USD$4
PE ratio	40.3571
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.112

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Image Sensing Systems price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $4.38 from 2020-12-18

1 week (2021-01-08)	-2.88%
1 month (2020-12-15)	-4.37%
3 months (2020-10-15)	25.86%
6 months (2020-07-15)	29.97%

1 year (2020-01-15)	-19.11%
2 years (2019-01-15)	-9.69%
3 years (2018-01-12)	46.00%
5 years (2016-01-15)	46.00%

Is Image Sensing Systems under- or over-valued?

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

Image Sensing Systems's P/E ratio

Image Sensing Systems's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 40x. In other words, Image Sensing Systems shares trade at around 40x 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.

Image Sensing Systems's EBITDA

Image Sensing Systems's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$911,000.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Image Sensing Systems's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Image Sensing Systems financials

Revenue TTM	USD$13.7 million
Operating margin TTM	5%
Gross profit TTM	USD$11.6 million
Return on assets TTM	2.15%
Return on equity TTM	3.32%
Profit margin	4.42%
Book value	$3.523
Market capitalisation	USD$24.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Image Sensing Systems shares

There are currently 77,863 Image Sensing Systems shares held short by investors – that's known as Image Sensing Systems's "short interest". This figure is 2.9% up from 75,675 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Image Sensing Systems shares can be evaluated.

Image Sensing Systems's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Image Sensing Systems's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Image Sensing Systems shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Image Sensing Systems shares traded daily (recently around 134246.55172414). Image Sensing Systems's SIR currently stands at 0.58. In other words for every 100,000 Image Sensing Systems shares traded daily on the market, roughly 580 shares are currently held short.

However Image Sensing Systems's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Image Sensing Systems shares, or, against the total number of tradable Image Sensing Systems shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Image Sensing Systems's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Image Sensing Systems shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.018% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Image Sensing Systems shares, roughly 18 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 Image Sensing Systems.

Find out more about how you can short Image Sensing Systems stock.

Image Sensing Systems share dividends

We're not expecting Image Sensing Systems to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Image Sensing Systems's shares ever split?

Image Sensing Systems's shares were split on a 6:5 basis on 13 April 2000. So if you had owned 5 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 6 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Image Sensing Systems shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 16.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Image Sensing Systems shares which in turn could have impacted Image Sensing Systems's share price.

Image Sensing Systems share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Image Sensing Systems's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.7933 up to $5.87. 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 Image Sensing Systems's is 1.0551. This would suggest that Image Sensing Systems's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Image Sensing Systems overview

Image Sensing Systems, Inc. develops and markets video and radar processing products for the intelligent transportation systems industry worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Intersection and Highway. It offers various vehicle and traffic detection products, including Autoscope video systems and RTMS radar systems that convert sensory input collected by video cameras and radar units into vehicle detection and traffic data used to operate, monitor, and enhance the efficiency of roadway infrastructure. The company provides its video and radar processing products for use in traffic applications, such as intersection control, highway, bridge and tunnel traffic management, and traffic data collection. It markets and sells its products to end users comprising federal, state, city, and county departments of transportation, port, highway, tunnel, and other transportation authorities, as well as system integrators or other suppliers of systems and services who are operating under subcontracts in connection with road construction contracts. Image Sensing Systems, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Image Sensing Systems is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 41.055% of Image Sensing Systems shares are held by insiders and 31.949% by institutions.

• How many people work for Image Sensing Systems?

  Latest data suggests 55 work at Image Sensing Systems.

• When does the fiscal year end for Image Sensing Systems?

  Image Sensing Systems's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Image Sensing Systems based?

  Image Sensing Systems's address is: 500 Spruce Tree Centre, Saint Paul, MN, United States, 55104

• What is Image Sensing Systems's ISIN number?

  Image Sensing Systems's international securities identification number is: US45244C1045

• What is Image Sensing Systems's CUSIP number?

  Image Sensing Systems's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 45244C104