How to buy LSI Industries stock

LSI Industries Inc is an electronic components business based in the US. LSI Industries shares (LYTS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. LSI Industries employs 1,100 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

LSI Industries share price

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LSI Industries shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-30.

52-week range	$5.23 - $11.16
50-day moving average	$8.82
200-day moving average	$8.59
Wall St. target price	$12.50
PE ratio	32.9502
Dividend yield	$0.2 (2.33%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.26

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Is LSI Industries under- or over-valued?

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

LSI Industries's P/E ratio

LSI Industries's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 33x. In other words, LSI Industries shares trade at around 33x 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.

LSI Industries's PEG ratio

LSI Industries's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.9053. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into LSI Industries's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

LSI Industries's EBITDA

LSI Industries's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $17.3 million.

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

LSI Industries financials

Revenue TTM	$282.1 million
Operating margin TTM	3.32%
Gross profit TTM	$74.6 million
Return on assets TTM	3.08%
Return on equity TTM	5.62%
Profit margin	2.55%
Book value	$4.95
Market capitalisation	$227.3 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting LSI Industries shares

There are currently 370,737 LSI Industries shares held short by investors – that's known as LSI Industries's "short interest". This figure is 12.4% up from 329,932 last month.

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

LSI Industries's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

LSI Industries's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of LSI Industries shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of LSI Industries shares traded daily (recently around 121155.88235294). LSI Industries's SIR currently stands at 3.06. In other words for every 100,000 LSI Industries shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3060 shares are currently held short.

However LSI Industries's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of LSI Industries shares, or, against the total number of tradable LSI Industries shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case LSI Industries's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 LSI Industries shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0143% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable LSI Industries shares, roughly 14 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 LSI Industries.

Find out more about how you can short LSI Industries stock.

LSI Industries share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 89.69% of net profits

Recently LSI Industries has paid out, on average, around 89.69% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.33% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), LSI Industries shareholders could enjoy a 2.33% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In LSI Industries's case, that would currently equate to about $0.2 per share.

LSI Industries'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.

LSI Industries's most recent dividend payout was on 10 May 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 29 April 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have LSI Industries's shares ever split?

LSI Industries's shares were split on a 5:4 basis on 16 November 2003. So if you had owned 4 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 5 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your LSI Industries shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 20% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for LSI Industries shares which in turn could have impacted LSI Industries's share price.

LSI Industries share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, LSI Industries's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.2287 up to $11.1623. 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 LSI Industries's is 1.9515. This would suggest that LSI Industries's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

LSI Industries overview

LSI Industries Inc. provides corporate visual image solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Latin America. It operates through Lighting and Graphics segments. The Lighting segment manufactures and markets outdoor and indoor lighting and lighting controls for parking lot and garage, quick-service restaurant, grocery and pharmacy store, automotive, and national retail markets. It primarily offers exterior area, interior, canopy, and landscape lightings, as well as lighting controls, light poles, and photometric layouts; lighting system design services; and solid-state LED solutions. This segment also designs, engineers, and manufactures electronic circuit boards, assemblies, and sub-assemblies. The Graphics segment manufactures and sells exterior and interior visual image elements used in graphics displays and visual image programs in various markets that include the petroleum/convenience store market, quick-service restaurant, grocery, and multi-site retail operations.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of LSI Industries is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 8.098% of LSI Industries shares are held by insiders and 72.251% by institutions.

• How many people work for LSI Industries?

  Latest data suggests 1,100 work at LSI Industries.

• When does the fiscal year end for LSI Industries?

  LSI Industries's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is LSI Industries based?

  LSI Industries's address is: 10000 Alliance Road, Cincinnati, OH, United States, 45242

• What is LSI Industries's ISIN number?

  LSI Industries's international securities identification number is: US50216C1080

• What is LSI Industries's CUSIP number?

  LSI Industries's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 50216C108