How to buy NexPoint Residential Trust stock | $41.95

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc is a reit-residential business based in the US. NexPoint Residential Trust shares (NXRT) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. NexPoint Residential Trust employs 3 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$203.9 million.

How to buy shares in NexPoint Residential Trust

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3. Search for NexPoint Residential Trust. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: NXRT. 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 NexPoint Residential Trust 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$41.95, 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 NexPoint Residential Trust, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of NexPoint Residential Trust. 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.

NexPoint Residential Trust share price

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NexPoint Residential Trust shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-25.

Latest market close	USD$41.95
52-week range	USD$20.5423 - USD$51.0915
50-day moving average	USD$43.4743
200-day moving average	USD$40.8999
Wall St. target price	USD$47.06
PE ratio	29.5062
Dividend yield	USD$1.36 (3.37%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.377

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NexPoint Residential Trust price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $41.95 from 2020-12-18

1 week (2021-01-08)	1.23%
1 month (2020-12-17)	-3.63%
3 months (2020-10-15)	-5.77%
6 months (2020-07-15)	18.77%

1 year (2020-01-15)	-10.04%
2 years (2019-01-15)	13.99%
3 years (2018-01-17)	55.83%
5 years (2016-01-15)	256.72%

Is NexPoint Residential Trust under- or over-valued?

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

NexPoint Residential Trust's P/E ratio

NexPoint Residential Trust's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 30x. In other words, NexPoint Residential Trust shares trade at around 30x 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.

NexPoint Residential Trust's EBITDA

NexPoint Residential Trust's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$95.3 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a NexPoint Residential Trust's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

NexPoint Residential Trust financials

Revenue TTM	USD$203.9 million
Operating margin TTM	4.61%
Gross profit TTM	USD$100.4 million
Return on assets TTM	0.34%
Return on equity TTM	8.58%
Profit margin	17.14%
Book value	$15.929
Market capitalisation	USD$999.8 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting NexPoint Residential Trust shares

There are currently 542,618 NexPoint Residential Trust shares held short by investors – that's known as NexPoint Residential Trust's "short interest". This figure is 18.1% down from 662,800 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting NexPoint Residential Trust shares can be evaluated.

NexPoint Residential Trust's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

NexPoint Residential Trust's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of NexPoint Residential Trust shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of NexPoint Residential Trust shares traded daily (recently around 142419.42257218). NexPoint Residential Trust's SIR currently stands at 3.81. In other words for every 100,000 NexPoint Residential Trust shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3810 shares are currently held short.

However NexPoint Residential Trust's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of NexPoint Residential Trust shares, or, against the total number of tradable NexPoint Residential Trust shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case NexPoint Residential Trust's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 NexPoint Residential Trust shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0313% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable NexPoint Residential Trust shares, roughly 31 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 NexPoint Residential Trust.

Find out more about how you can short NexPoint Residential Trust stock.

NexPoint Residential Trust share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 62.08% of net profits

Recently NexPoint Residential Trust has paid out, on average, around 62.08% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 3.37% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), NexPoint Residential Trust shareholders could enjoy a 3.37% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In NexPoint Residential Trust's case, that would currently equate to about $1.36 per share.

NexPoint Residential Trust'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.

NexPoint Residential Trust's most recent dividend payout was on 31 December 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 December 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

NexPoint Residential Trust share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, NexPoint Residential Trust's shares have ranged in value from as little as $20.5423 up to $51.0915. 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 NexPoint Residential Trust's is 1.0058. This would suggest that NexPoint Residential Trust's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

NexPoint Residential Trust overview

NexPoint Residential Trust is a publicly traded REIT, with its shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NXRT, primarily focused on acquiring, owning and operating well-located middle-income multifamily properties with value-add potential in large cities and suburban submarkets of large cities, primarily in the Southeastern and Southwestern United States. NXRT is externally advised by NexPoint Real Estate Advisors, L.P., an affiliate of NexPoint Advisors, L.P., an SEC-registered investment advisor, which has extensive real estate experience.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of NexPoint Residential Trust is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 10.246% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are held by insiders and 82.012% by institutions.

• How many people work for NexPoint Residential Trust?

  Latest data suggests 3 work at NexPoint Residential Trust.

• When does the fiscal year end for NexPoint Residential Trust?

  NexPoint Residential Trust's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is NexPoint Residential Trust based?

  NexPoint Residential Trust's address is: 300 Crescent Court, Dallas, TX, United States, 75201

• What is NexPoint Residential Trust's ISIN number?

  NexPoint Residential Trust's international securities identification number is: US65341D1028

• What is NexPoint Residential Trust's CUSIP number?

  NexPoint Residential Trust's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 65341D102