How to buy Newpark Resources stock | $1.94

Newpark Resources, Inc is an oil & gas equipment & services business based in the US. Newpark Resources shares (NR) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Newpark Resources employs 1,594 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$552.4 million.

How to buy shares in Newpark Resources

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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 Newpark Resources. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: NR. 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 Newpark Resources 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$1.94, 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 Newpark Resources, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Newpark Resources. 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.

Newpark Resources share price

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Newpark Resources shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-02.

Latest market close	USD$1.94
52-week range	USD$0.65 - USD$6.4
50-day moving average	USD$1.0757
200-day moving average	USD$1.682
Wall St. target price	USD$2.83
PE ratio	27.4847
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.163

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Newpark Resources price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $1.94 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-07)	-23.32%
1 month (2020-12-17)	-6.28%
3 months (2020-10-16)	136.59%
6 months (2020-07-16)	0.52%

1 year (2020-01-16)	-64.34%
2 years (2019-01-16)	-76.23%
3 years (2018-01-16)	9.65
5 years (2016-01-15)	4.44

Is Newpark Resources under- or over-valued?

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

Newpark Resources's P/E ratio

Newpark Resources's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 27x. In other words, Newpark Resources shares trade at around 27x recent earnings.

That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).

Newpark Resources's PEG ratio

Newpark Resources's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.82. 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 Newpark Resources's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Newpark Resources's EBITDA

Newpark Resources's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$22.6 million.

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

Newpark Resources financials

Revenue TTM	USD$552.4 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$142.2 million
Return on assets TTM	-3.78%
Return on equity TTM	-15.13%
Profit margin	-14.37%
Book value	$5.386
Market capitalisation	USD$138.9 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Newpark Resources shares

There are currently 2.2 million Newpark Resources shares held short by investors – that's known as Newpark Resources's "short interest". This figure is 64.4% up from 1.3 million last month.

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

Newpark Resources's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Newpark Resources's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Newpark Resources shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Newpark Resources shares traded daily (recently around 1.3 million). Newpark Resources's SIR currently stands at 1.67. In other words for every 100,000 Newpark Resources shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1670 shares are currently held short.

However Newpark Resources's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Newpark Resources shares, or, against the total number of tradable Newpark Resources shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Newpark Resources's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Newpark Resources shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0336% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Newpark Resources shares, roughly 34 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 Newpark Resources.

Find out more about how you can short Newpark Resources stock.

Newpark Resources share dividends

We're not expecting Newpark Resources to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Newpark Resources's shares ever split?

Newpark Resources's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 28 November 1997. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Newpark Resources shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Newpark Resources shares which in turn could have impacted Newpark Resources's share price.

Newpark Resources share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Newpark Resources's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.65 up to $6.4. 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 (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Newpark Resources's is 3.2272. This would suggest that Newpark Resources's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Newpark Resources overview

Newpark Resources, Inc. supplies products, rentals, and services primarily to the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry. The company operates through two segments, Fluids Systems; and Mats and Integrated Services. The Fluids Systems segment offers drilling and completion fluids products, technical services, and other minerals to customers in the North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific regions. The Mats and Integrated Services segment offers composite mat rental, construction, and related site services to customers in various markets, including oil and gas exploration and production, electrical transmission and distribution, pipeline, solar, petrochemical, and construction industries in North America and Europe. This segment also provides access road construction, site planning and preparation, environmental protection, fluids and spill containment, erosion control, and site restoration services. Newpark Resources, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Newpark Resources is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 15.204% of Newpark Resources shares are held by insiders and 82.119% by institutions.

• How many people work for Newpark Resources?

  Latest data suggests 1,594 work at Newpark Resources.

• When does the fiscal year end for Newpark Resources?

  Newpark Resources's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Newpark Resources based?

  Newpark Resources's address is: 9320 Lakeside Boulevard, The Woodlands, TX, United States, 77381

• What is Newpark Resources's ISIN number?

  Newpark Resources's international securities identification number is: US6517185046

• What is Newpark Resources's CUSIP number?

  Newpark Resources's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 651718504