How to buy ION Geophysical Corporation stock | $2.9

ION Geophysical Corporation is an oil & gas equipment & services business based in the US. ION Geophysical Corporation shares (IO) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. ION Geophysical Corporation employs 450 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$138.1 million.

How to buy shares in ION Geophysical Corporation

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3. Search for ION Geophysical Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: IO. 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 ION Geophysical 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. At last close price of USD$2.9, 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 ION Geophysical Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of ION Geophysical 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.

ION Geophysical Corporation share price

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ION Geophysical Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$2.9
52-week range	USD$1.13 - USD$9
50-day moving average	USD$2.0721
200-day moving average	USD$2.076
Wall St. target price	USD$4
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-4.053

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ION Geophysical Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $2.9 from 2021-01-11

1 week (2021-01-07)	-0.68%
1 month (2020-12-15)	13.28%
3 months (2020-10-15)	73.65%
6 months (2020-07-15)	17.41%

1 year (2020-01-15)	-52.54%
2 years (2019-01-15)	-64.46%
3 years (2018-01-13)	N/A
5 years (2016-01-15)	752.94%

Is ION Geophysical Corporation under- or over-valued?

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

ION Geophysical Corporation's EBITDA

ION Geophysical Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$30.1 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a ION Geophysical Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

ION Geophysical Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$138.1 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$69.1 million
Return on assets TTM	-0.01%
Return on equity TTM	0%
Profit margin	-27.94%
Book value	$-1.513
Market capitalisation	USD$36.7 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting ION Geophysical Corporation shares

There are currently 986,214 ION Geophysical Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as ION Geophysical Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 20.7% down from 1.2 million last month.

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

ION Geophysical Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

ION Geophysical Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of ION Geophysical Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of ION Geophysical Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 300675). ION Geophysical Corporation's SIR currently stands at 3.28. In other words for every 100,000 ION Geophysical Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3280 shares are currently held short.

However ION Geophysical Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of ION Geophysical Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable ION Geophysical Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case ION Geophysical Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.07% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 ION Geophysical Corporation shares in existence, roughly 70 shares are currently held short) or 0.0838% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable ION Geophysical Corporation shares, roughly 84 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 ION Geophysical Corporation.

Find out more about how you can short ION Geophysical Corporation stock.

ION Geophysical Corporation share dividends

We're not expecting ION Geophysical Corporation to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have ION Geophysical Corporation's shares ever split?

ION Geophysical Corporation's shares were split on a 1:15 basis on 5 February 2016. So if you had owned 15 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your ION Geophysical Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 1400% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for ION Geophysical Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted ION Geophysical Corporation's share price.

ION Geophysical Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, ION Geophysical Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.13 up to $9. 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 (NYSE average) beta is 1, while ION Geophysical Corporation's is 4.0945. This would suggest that ION Geophysical Corporation's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

ION Geophysical Corporation overview

ION Geophysical Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides a suite of services and products for seismic data acquisition and processing in Latin America, North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, and internationally. The company operates in two segments: E&P Technology & Services and Operations Optimization. The E&P Technology & Services segment offers data processing and imaging services; and survey planning and design, data acquisition and management, subsurface imaging, and reservoir characterization, as well as technical, commercial, and strategic advisory services. The Operations Optimization segment provides survey design, and command and control software systems and related services for marine towed streamer and seabed operations; and in-field optimization, and equipment maintenance and training services. This segment also develops, manufactures, and repairs marine towed streamer positioning and data acquisition systems, ocean bottom data acquisition technologies, marine diverters, analog geophones, and land acquisition systems, which are deployed in marine robotics, defense, scientific, exploration and production, and other commercial applications. ION Geophysical Corporation markets and sells its services and products through direct sales force and third-party sales representatives. The company was formerly known as Input/Output, Inc. and changed its name to ION Geophysical Corporation in 2007. ION Geophysical Corporation was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of ION Geophysical Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 28.384% of ION Geophysical Corporation shares are held by insiders and 35.631% by institutions.

• How many people work for ION Geophysical Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 450 work at ION Geophysical Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for ION Geophysical Corporation?

  ION Geophysical Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is ION Geophysical Corporation based?

  ION Geophysical Corporation's address is: 2105 CityWest Boulevard, Houston, TX, United States, 77042-2839

• What is ION Geophysical Corporation's ISIN number?

  ION Geophysical Corporation's international securities identification number is: US4620442073

• What is ION Geophysical Corporation's CUSIP number?

  ION Geophysical Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 457652105