How to buy National Beverage stock | 95.21

National Beverage Corp is a beverages-non-alcoholic business based in the US. National Beverage shares (FIZZ) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. National Beverage employs 1,550 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1 billion.

How to buy shares in National Beverage

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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 National Beverage. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: FIZZ. 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 National Beverage 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$95.21, 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 National Beverage, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of National Beverage. 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.

How has coronavirus impacted National Beverage's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, National Beverage's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$95.21, which is 51.61% up on its pre-crash value of USD$46.07 and 166.62% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$35.71.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of National Beverage shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$874.44 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$2,237.44.

National Beverage share price

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National Beverage shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-01.

Latest market close	USD$95.21
52-week range	USD$36.2 - USD$99.26
50-day moving average	USD$86.8849
200-day moving average	USD$71.8012
Wall St. target price	USD$71.67
PE ratio	31.6677
Dividend yield	N/A (5.87%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$3.13

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National Beverage price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $95.21 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-23)	-0.76%
1 month (2020-10-30)	21.61%
3 months (2020-08-28)	15.86%
6 months (2020-05-29)	67.09%

1 year (2019-11-29)	91.80%
2 years (2018-11-30)	9.10%
3 years (2017-11-30)	-12.75%
5 years (2015-11-30)	119.13%

Is National Beverage under- or over-valued?

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

National Beverage's P/E ratio

National Beverage's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 32x. In other words, National Beverage shares trade at around 32x 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.

National Beverage's PEG ratio

National Beverage's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.4578. 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 National Beverage's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

National Beverage's EBITDA

National Beverage's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$205.3 million.

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

National Beverage financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1 billion
Operating margin TTM	18.23%
Gross profit TTM	USD$370.1 million
Return on assets TTM	18.61%
Return on equity TTM	33.5%
Profit margin	14.23%
Book value	$11.021
Market capitalisation	USD$4.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting National Beverage shares

There are currently 7.8 million National Beverage shares held short by investors – that's known as National Beverage's "short interest". This figure is 0.9% down from 7.9 million last month.

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

National Beverage's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

National Beverage's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of National Beverage shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of National Beverage shares traded daily (recently around 292461.12781955). National Beverage's SIR currently stands at 26.6. In other words for every 100,000 National Beverage shares traded daily on the market, roughly 26600 shares are currently held short.

However National Beverage's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of National Beverage shares, or, against the total number of tradable National Beverage shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case National Beverage's short interest could be expressed as 0.17% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 National Beverage shares in existence, roughly 170 shares are currently held short) or 0.6687% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable National Beverage shares, roughly 669 shares are currently held short).

A SIR above 20% would generally be considered very high, pointing to a pessimistic outlook for the share price, with a discouraging number of investors currently willing to bet against National Beverage.

Find out more about how you can short National Beverage stock.

National Beverage share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 95.85% of net profits

Recently National Beverage has paid out, on average, around 95.85% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), National Beverage shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In National Beverage's case, that would currently equate to about $N/A per share.

National Beverage'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.

National Beverage's most recent dividend payout was on 2 February 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 3 December 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have National Beverage's shares ever split?

National Beverage's shares were split on a 120:100 basis on 31 May 2007. So if you had owned 100 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 120 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your National Beverage shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 16.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for National Beverage shares which in turn could have impacted National Beverage's share price.

National Beverage share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, National Beverage's shares have ranged in value from as little as $36.2 up to $99.26. 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 National Beverage's is 1.3072. This would suggest that National Beverage's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

National Beverage overview

National Beverage Corp., through its subsidiaries, develops, produces, markets, and sells a portfolio of sparkling waters, juices, energy drinks, and carbonated soft drinks primarily in the United States and Canada. The company offers beverages to the active and health-conscious consumers, including sparkling waters, energy drinks, and juices under the LaCroix, LaCroix Cúrate, LaCroix NiCola, Clear Fruit, Rip It, Everfresh, Everfresh Premier Varietals, and Mr. Pure brands; and carbonated soft drinks under the Shasta and Faygo brands. It serves retailers, as well as various smaller up-and-down-the-street accounts through the take-home, convenience, and food-service distribution channels. National Beverage Corp. was founded in 1985 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. National Beverage Corp. operates as a subsidiary of IBS Partners, Ltd.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of National Beverage is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 75.051% of National Beverage shares are held by insiders and 33.731% by institutions.

• How many people work for National Beverage?

  Latest data suggests 1,550 work at National Beverage.

• When does the fiscal year end for National Beverage?

  National Beverage's fiscal year ends in May.

• Where is National Beverage based?

  National Beverage's address is: 8100 SW Tenth Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States, 33324

• What is National Beverage's ISIN number?

  National Beverage's international securities identification number is: US6350171061

• What is National Beverage's CUSIP number?

  National Beverage's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 635017106