How to buy Montrose Environmental Group stock | $28.79

Montrose Environmental Group, Inc is a waste management business based in the US. Montrose Environmental Group shares (MEG) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Montrose Environmental Group employs 1,700 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$287.4 million.

How to buy shares in Montrose Environmental Group

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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 Montrose Environmental Group. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: MEG. 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 Montrose Environmental Group 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$28.79, 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 Montrose Environmental Group, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Montrose Environmental Group. 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.

Montrose Environmental Group share price

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Montrose Environmental Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-09.

Latest market close	USD$28.79
52-week range	USD$16.41 - USD$35.888
50-day moving average	USD$29.0786
200-day moving average	USD$26.5757
Wall St. target price	USD$35.1
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-3.9376

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Montrose Environmental Group price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $28.79 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-07)	-30.04%
1 month (2020-12-17)	-4.98%
3 months (2020-10-15)	13.61%
6 months (2020-07-13)	N/A

1 year (2020-01-13)	N/A
2 years (2019-01-13)	N/A
3 years (2018-01-13)	N/A
5 years (2016-01-13)	N/A

Is Montrose Environmental Group under- or over-valued?

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

Montrose Environmental Group's EBITDA

Montrose Environmental Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$22 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Montrose Environmental Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Montrose Environmental Group financials

Revenue TTM	USD$287.4 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$69.9 million
Return on assets TTM	0%
Return on equity TTM	0%
Profit margin	-24.38%
Book value	N/A
Market capitalisation	USD$735.1 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Montrose Environmental Group shares

There are currently 262,719 Montrose Environmental Group shares held short by investors – that's known as Montrose Environmental Group's "short interest". This figure is 15.8% down from 312,068 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Montrose Environmental Group shares can be evaluated.

Montrose Environmental Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Montrose Environmental Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Montrose Environmental Group shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Montrose Environmental Group shares traded daily (recently around 86137.37704918). Montrose Environmental Group's SIR currently stands at 3.05. In other words for every 100,000 Montrose Environmental Group shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3050 shares are currently held short.

However Montrose Environmental Group's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Montrose Environmental Group shares, or, against the total number of tradable Montrose Environmental Group shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Montrose Environmental Group's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Montrose Environmental Group shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0151% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Montrose Environmental Group shares, roughly 15 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 Montrose Environmental Group.

Find out more about how you can short Montrose Environmental Group stock.

Montrose Environmental Group share dividends

We're not expecting Montrose Environmental Group to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Montrose Environmental Group overview

Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. operates as an environmental services company in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Assessment, Permitting and Response; Measurement and Analysis; and Remediation and Reuse. The Assessment, Permitting and Response segment provides scientific advisory and consulting services to support environmental assessments, environmental emergency response, and environmental audits and permits for current operations, facility upgrades, new projects, decommissioning projects, and development projects. Its technical advisory and consulting services include regulatory compliance support and planning, environmental, and ecosystem and toxicological assessments and support during responses to environmental disruptions. The Measurement and Analysis segment tests and analyzes air, water, and soil to determine concentrations of contaminants, as well as the toxicological impact of contaminants on flora, fauna, and human health. Its services include source and ambient air testing and monitoring, leak detection, and advanced analytical laboratory services, such as air, storm water, wastewater, and drinking water analysis. The Remediation and Reuse segment provides engineering, design, implementation, and operations and maintenance services primarily to treat contaminated water, remove contaminants from soil, or create biogas from agricultural waste. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Montrose Environmental Group is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 22.916% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are held by insiders and 60.692% by institutions.

• How many people work for Montrose Environmental Group?

  Latest data suggests 1,700 work at Montrose Environmental Group.

• When does the fiscal year end for Montrose Environmental Group?

  Montrose Environmental Group's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Montrose Environmental Group based?

  Montrose Environmental Group's address is: 1 Park Plaza, Irvine, CA, United States, 92614

• What is Montrose Environmental Group's ISIN number?

  Montrose Environmental Group's international securities identification number is: US6151111019

• What is Montrose Environmental Group's CUSIP number?

  Montrose Environmental Group's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 584404107