How to buy Kingstone Companies stock | $5.98

Kingstone Companies Inc is an insurance-property & casualty business based in the US. Kingstone Companies shares (KINS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Kingstone Companies employs 87 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Kingstone Companies stock price (NASDAQ: KINS)

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Kingstone Companies shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-10-23.

Latest market close	$5.98
52-week range	$5.59 - $8.81
50-day moving average	$6.59
200-day moving average	$7.56
Wall St. target price	$9.00
PE ratio	23.2692
Dividend yield	$0.16 (2.56%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.26

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Kingstone Companies price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $5.98 from 2021-10-25

1 week (2021-10-19)	-2.76%
1 month (2021-09-24)	-12.32%
3 months (2021-07-26)	-22.51%
6 months (2021-04-26)	-29.89%

1 year (2020-10-26)	0.34%
2 years (2019-10-25)	-26.54%
3 years (2018-10-26)	16.95
5 years (2016-10-26)	10.15

Is Kingstone Companies under- or over-valued?

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

Kingstone Companies's P/E ratio

Kingstone Companies's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 23x. In other words, Kingstone Companies shares trade at around 23x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Kingstone Companies's EBITDA

Kingstone Companies's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $6.5 million.

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

Kingstone Companies financials

Revenue TTM	$149.5 million
Operating margin TTM	2.24%
Gross profit TTM	$7.9 million
Return on assets TTM	0.67%
Return on equity TTM	3.14%
Profit margin	1.89%
Book value	$8.52
Market capitalisation	$63.9 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Kingstone Companies shares

There are currently 9,425 Kingstone Companies shares held short by investors – that's known as Kingstone Companies's "short interest". This figure is 36% down from 14,726 last month.

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

Kingstone Companies's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Kingstone Companies's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Kingstone Companies shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Kingstone Companies shares traded daily (recently around 14500). Kingstone Companies's SIR currently stands at 0.65. In other words for every 100,000 Kingstone Companies shares traded daily on the market, roughly 650 shares are currently held short.

However Kingstone Companies's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Kingstone Companies shares, or, against the total number of tradable Kingstone Companies shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Kingstone Companies's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Kingstone Companies shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.001% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Kingstone Companies shares, roughly 1 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 Kingstone Companies.

Find out more about how you can short Kingstone Companies stock.

Kingstone Companies share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 61.54% of net profits

Recently Kingstone Companies has paid out, on average, around 61.54% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.64% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Kingstone Companies shareholders could enjoy a 2.64% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Kingstone Companies's case, that would currently equate to about $0.16 per share.

Kingstone Companies's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Kingstone Companies's most recent dividend payout was on 14 September 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 29 August 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Kingstone Companies's shares ever split?

Kingstone Companies's shares were split on a 1:5 basis on 25 August 2004. So if you had owned 5 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 Kingstone Companies shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 400% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Kingstone Companies shares which in turn could have impacted Kingstone Companies's share price.

Kingstone Companies share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Kingstone Companies's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.5948 up to $8.8052. 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 Kingstone Companies's is 0.9381. This would suggest that Kingstone Companies's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Kingstone Companies overview

Kingstone Companies, Inc. , through its subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Company, underwrites property and casualty insurance products to individuals in New York. The company offers personal lines insurance products, including homeowners and dwelling fire multi-peril, cooperative/condominiums, renters, and personal umbrella policies. It also provides commercial liability policies, such as business owner's policies comprising primarily of small business retail, service, and office risks; artisan's liability policies for small independent contractors; multi-peril policies for larger and specialized risks, and business owner's risks; and commercial umbrella policies. The company offers for-hire vehicle physical damage only policies for livery and car service vehicles and taxicabs; and canine legal liability policies, as well as reinsurance products. It sells its products through retail and wholesale agents and brokers. The company was formerly known as DCAP Group, Inc.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Kingstone Companies is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 14.795% of Kingstone Companies shares are held by insiders and 55.771% by institutions. How many people work for Kingstone Companies?
Latest data suggests 87 work at Kingstone Companies. When does the fiscal year end for Kingstone Companies?
Kingstone Companies's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Kingstone Companies based?
Kingstone Companies's address is: 15 Joys Lane, Kingston, NY, United States, 12401 What is Kingstone Companies's ISIN number?
Kingstone Companies's international securities identification number is: US4967191051 What is Kingstone Companies's CUSIP number?
Kingstone Companies's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 233065101