Santa Barbara, California-based hair products company Olaplex wrapped an upsized initial public offering, selling 73.7 million shares at $21 each, well above the $17 to $19 range.
The stock opened on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol OLPX at $25 per share.
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Over the last 12 months, Olaplex Holdings's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.27 up to $4.265. 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 Olaplex Holdings's is 2.28. This would suggest that Olaplex Holdings's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
Historical closes compared with the last close of $1.32
| 1 week (2024-04-18) | -2.22% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-03-25) | -24.14% |
| 3 months (2024-01-25) | -45.45% |
| 6 months (2023-10-25) | -14.29% |
| 1 year (2023-04-24) | -63.64% |
| 2 years (2022-04-24) | -91.11% |
| 3 years (2021-04-19) | N/A |
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Olaplex Holdings P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
Olaplex Holdings's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 15x. In other words, Olaplex Holdings stocks trade at around 15x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
However, Olaplex Holdings's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the industry or those of similar companies.
Olaplex Holdings's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $166.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Olaplex Holdings's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.
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