How to buy NexTier Oilfield Solutions stock | $3.67

NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc is an oil & gas equipment & services business based in the US. NexTier Oilfield Solutions shares (NEX) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. NexTier Oilfield Solutions employs 6,525 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.5 billion.

How to buy shares in NexTier Oilfield Solutions

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3. Search for NexTier Oilfield Solutions. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: NEX. 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 NexTier Oilfield Solutions 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$3.67, 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 NexTier Oilfield Solutions, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of NexTier Oilfield Solutions. 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.

NexTier Oilfield Solutions share price

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NexTier Oilfield Solutions shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-30.

Latest market close	USD$3.67
52-week range	USD$1 - USD$7.14
50-day moving average	USD$2.2832
200-day moving average	USD$2.4762
Wall St. target price	USD$3.33
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.6891

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NexTier Oilfield Solutions price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $3.67 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-07)	-8.48%
1 month (2020-12-17)	4.26%
3 months (2020-10-16)	90.16%
6 months (2020-07-16)	50.41%

1 year (2020-01-16)	-46.19%
2 years (2019-01-16)	-60.50%
3 years (2018-01-16)	17.88
5 years (2016-01-13)	N/A

Is NexTier Oilfield Solutions under- or over-valued?

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

NexTier Oilfield Solutions's EBITDA

NexTier Oilfield Solutions's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$123.7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a NexTier Oilfield Solutions's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

NexTier Oilfield Solutions financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.5 billion
Gross profit TTM	USD$417.6 million
Return on assets TTM	-10.63%
Return on equity TTM	-68.07%
Profit margin	-24.38%
Book value	N/A
Market capitalisation	USD$647.4 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting NexTier Oilfield Solutions shares

There are currently 4.3 million NexTier Oilfield Solutions shares held short by investors – that's known as NexTier Oilfield Solutions's "short interest". This figure is 11.5% down from 4.9 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting NexTier Oilfield Solutions shares can be evaluated.

NexTier Oilfield Solutions's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

NexTier Oilfield Solutions's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of NexTier Oilfield Solutions shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of NexTier Oilfield Solutions shares traded daily (recently around 1.4 million). NexTier Oilfield Solutions's SIR currently stands at 3.1. In other words for every 100,000 NexTier Oilfield Solutions shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3100 shares are currently held short.

However NexTier Oilfield Solutions's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of NexTier Oilfield Solutions shares, or, against the total number of tradable NexTier Oilfield Solutions shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case NexTier Oilfield Solutions's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 NexTier Oilfield Solutions shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0269% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable NexTier Oilfield Solutions shares, roughly 27 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 NexTier Oilfield Solutions.

Find out more about how you can short NexTier Oilfield Solutions stock.

NexTier Oilfield Solutions share dividends

We're not expecting NexTier Oilfield Solutions to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

NexTier Oilfield Solutions share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, NexTier Oilfield Solutions's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1 up to $7.14. 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 NexTier Oilfield Solutions's is 3.3282. This would suggest that NexTier Oilfield Solutions's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

NexTier Oilfield Solutions overview

NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides well completion and production services in various active and demanding basins. The company's Completion Services segment offers hydraulic fracturing services to enhance production of oil and natural gas from formations with low permeability and restricted flow of hydrocarbons; wireline services; and perforating, pumpdown, pipe recovery, pressure pumping, and wellsite make-up and pressure testing services. As of December 31, 2019, it had approximately 45 hydraulic fracturing fleets, 118 wireline trucks, and 80 pumpdown units. The company's Well Construction and Intervention Services segment provides cementing services that incorporate custom engineered mixing and blending equipment to ensure precision and accuracy in providing annulus isolation and hydraulic seal, while protecting fresh water zones from our customers' zone of interest; and engineering software and technical guidance for remedial cementing applications, and acidizing to optimize the performance of its customers' wells. It also offers coiled tubing services to help customers in accomplishing various goals in their horizontal completion, workover, and well maintenance projects. As of December 31, 2019, this segment had approximately 25 coiled tubing units and 101 cementing units. The company serves integrated and large independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States and internationally. NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of NexTier Oilfield Solutions is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 3.221% of NexTier Oilfield Solutions shares are held by insiders and 88.558% by institutions.

• How many people work for NexTier Oilfield Solutions?

  Latest data suggests 6,525 work at NexTier Oilfield Solutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for NexTier Oilfield Solutions?

  NexTier Oilfield Solutions's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is NexTier Oilfield Solutions based?

  NexTier Oilfield Solutions's address is: 3990 Rogerdale Road, Houston, TX, United States, 77042

• What is NexTier Oilfield Solutions's ISIN number?

  NexTier Oilfield Solutions's international securities identification number is: US65290C1053

• What is NexTier Oilfield Solutions's CUSIP number?

  NexTier Oilfield Solutions's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 48669A108