How to buy Investar Holding Corporation stock

Investar Holding Corporation is a banks-regional business based in the US. Investar Holding Corporation shares (ISTR) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Investar Holding Corporation employs 323 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$74.5 million.

How to buy shares in Investar Holding Corporation

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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 Investar Holding Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ISTR. 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 Investar Holding Corporation 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 Investar Holding Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Investar Holding Corporation. 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.

Investar Holding Corporation share price

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Investar Holding Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$8.3398 - USD$22.2001
50-day moving average	USD$17.3527
200-day moving average	USD$15.395
Wall St. target price	USD$21.5
PE ratio	15.4724
Dividend yield	USD$0.25 (1.29%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.27

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Investar Holding Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$74.5 million
Operating margin TTM	24.71%
Gross profit TTM	USD$74.5 million
Return on assets TTM	0.62%
Return on equity TTM	5.72%
Profit margin	18.65%
Book value	$22.932
Market capitalisation	USD$208.5 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Investar Holding Corporation shares

There are currently 73,328 Investar Holding Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Investar Holding Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 17.1% up from 62,614 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Investar Holding Corporation shares can be evaluated.

Investar Holding Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Investar Holding Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Investar Holding Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Investar Holding Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 16703.416856492). Investar Holding Corporation's SIR currently stands at 4.39. In other words for every 100,000 Investar Holding Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4390 shares are currently held short.

However Investar Holding Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Investar Holding Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Investar Holding Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Investar Holding Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Investar Holding Corporation shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0075% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Investar Holding Corporation 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 Investar Holding Corporation.

Find out more about how you can short Investar Holding Corporation stock.

Investar Holding Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Investar Holding Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $8.3398 up to $22.2001. 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 Investar Holding Corporation's is 0.6894. This would suggest that Investar Holding Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Investar Holding Corporation overview

Investar Holding Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Investar Bank that provides various commercial banking products to individuals and small to medium-sized businesses in South Louisiana. The company offers various deposit products and services, such as savings, checking, money market, and individual retirement accounts, as well as various certificates of deposit; debit cards; and mobile banking services. It also provides commercial real estate loans; commercial and industrial loans, including working capital lines of credit and equipment loans; loans for the construction of commercial projects, and single family residential and multifamily properties; one-to-four family residential real estate loans, such as second and other second mortgage loans; consumer loans, such as secured and unsecured installment and term loans, second mortgages, home equity loans and lines of credit, and auto loans, as well as loans for personal, family, and household purposes. In addition, the company offers cash management products, including remote deposit capture, virtual vault, electronic statements, positive pay, ACH origination and wire transfer, investment sweep accounts, and business Internet banking services. Further, it provides various other banking services, such as cashiers' checks, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, night depository, bank-by-mail, automated teller machine, interactive teller machines, merchant card, and mobile wallet payment services. The company operates through a network of 30 full service branches. Investar Holding Corporation was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Investar Holding Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 7.55% of Investar Holding Corporation shares are held by insiders and 56.183% by institutions.

• How many people work for Investar Holding Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 323 work at Investar Holding Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Investar Holding Corporation?

  Investar Holding Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Investar Holding Corporation based?

  Investar Holding Corporation's address is: 10500 Coursey Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, 70816

• What is Investar Holding Corporation's ISIN number?

  Investar Holding Corporation's international securities identification number is: US46134L1052

• What is Investar Holding Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Investar Holding Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 46134L105