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How to buy Liberty TripAdvisor stock
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Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc is an internet content & information business based in the US. Liberty TripAdvisor shares (LTRPA) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Liberty TripAdvisor employs 4,194 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$823 million.
How to buy shares in Liberty TripAdvisor
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- 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.
- Search for Liberty TripAdvisor. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: LTRPA. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Liberty TripAdvisor reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- 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 Liberty TripAdvisor, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Liberty TripAdvisor. 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.
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Liberty TripAdvisor share price
Use our graph to track the performance of LTRPA stocks over time.Liberty TripAdvisor shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-01-20.
| 52-week range | USD$0.8578 - USD$7.18 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | USD$4.1412 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$2.7385 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$4.25 |
| PE ratio | 58.9167 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$0.122 |
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Is Liberty TripAdvisor under- or over-valued?
Valuing Liberty TripAdvisor stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Liberty TripAdvisor's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Liberty TripAdvisor's P/E ratio
Liberty TripAdvisor's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 59x. In other words, Liberty TripAdvisor shares trade at around 59x 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.
Liberty TripAdvisor's EBITDA
Liberty TripAdvisor's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$55 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Liberty TripAdvisor's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Liberty TripAdvisor financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$823 million |
|---|---|
| Gross profit TTM | USD$1.2 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | -2.94% |
| Return on equity TTM | -28.65% |
| Profit margin | -29.04% |
| Book value | $1.158 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$405.8 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Liberty TripAdvisor shares
There are currently 1.9 million Liberty TripAdvisor shares held short by investors – that's known as Liberty TripAdvisor's "short interest". This figure is 13.3% up from 1.7 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Liberty TripAdvisor shares can be evaluated.
Liberty TripAdvisor's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Liberty TripAdvisor's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Liberty TripAdvisor shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Liberty TripAdvisor shares traded daily (recently around 1.7 million). Liberty TripAdvisor's SIR currently stands at 1.14. In other words for every 100,000 Liberty TripAdvisor shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1140 shares are currently held short.
However Liberty TripAdvisor's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Liberty TripAdvisor shares, or, against the total number of tradable Liberty TripAdvisor shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Liberty TripAdvisor's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Liberty TripAdvisor shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0295% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Liberty TripAdvisor shares, roughly 30 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 Liberty TripAdvisor.
Find out more about how you can short Liberty TripAdvisor stock.
Liberty TripAdvisor share dividends
We're not expecting Liberty TripAdvisor to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Liberty TripAdvisor share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Liberty TripAdvisor's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.8578 up to $7.18. 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 Liberty TripAdvisor's is 2.6308. This would suggest that Liberty TripAdvisor's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
Liberty TripAdvisor overview
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an online travel company that connects travelers with travel partners. The company operates in two segments, Hotels, Media & Platform, and Experiences & Dining. Its travel platform provides content, price comparison tools, and online reservation and related services for destinations, accommodations, travel activities and experiences, and restaurants. The company owns and operates a portfolio of travel media brands and businesses, which offers travel-planning and trip-taking resources in the travel industry; and provides click-based, display-based, and subscription-based advertising services. It also operates Viator, a Website that offers research, book, and experience activities and attractions in travel destinations; and TheFork, an online restaurant booking platform operating various sites. Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
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