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Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd is a marine shipping business based in the US. Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares (PANL) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Pangaea Logistics Solutions employs 70 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$400.5 million.
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- Search for Pangaea Logistics Solutions. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: PANL. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Pangaea Logistics Solutions reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. 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 Pangaea Logistics Solutions, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Pangaea Logistics 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.
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- Is PANL stock a buy or sell?
- Stock performance over time
- Can I short PANL shares?
- Are PANL shares over-valued?
- Pangaea Logistics Solutions's financials
- How volatile are PANL shares?
- Does Pangaea Logistics Solutions pay a dividend?
- Other common questions
Pangaea Logistics Solutions share price
Use our graph to track the performance of PANL stocks over time.Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-02-24.
| 52-week range | USD$1.6 - USD$3.9 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | USD$2.9339 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$2.7291 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$4.85 |
| PE ratio | 100 |
| Dividend yield | USD$0.035 (1.17%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$0.02 |
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Is Pangaea Logistics Solutions under- or over-valued?
Valuing Pangaea Logistics Solutions stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Pangaea Logistics Solutions's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions's P/E ratio
Pangaea Logistics Solutions's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 100x. In other words, Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares trade at around 100x 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.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions's EBITDA
Pangaea Logistics Solutions's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$40.2 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Pangaea Logistics Solutions's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$400.5 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 5.59% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$68.5 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 3.02% |
| Return on equity TTM | 0.76% |
| Profit margin | -0.16% |
| Book value | $3.9 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$128.1 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares
There are currently 87,135 Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares held short by investors – that's known as Pangaea Logistics Solutions's "short interest". This figure is 5.4% up from 82,659 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares can be evaluated.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Pangaea Logistics Solutions's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares traded daily (recently around 44914.948453608). Pangaea Logistics Solutions's SIR currently stands at 1.94. In other words for every 100,000 Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1940 shares are currently held short.
However Pangaea Logistics Solutions's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares, or, against the total number of tradable Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Pangaea Logistics Solutions's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0083% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares, roughly 8 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 Pangaea Logistics Solutions.
Find out more about how you can short Pangaea Logistics Solutions stock.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 4.89% of net profits
Recently Pangaea Logistics Solutions has paid out, on average, around 4.89% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.56% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Pangaea Logistics Solutions shareholders could enjoy a 2.56% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Pangaea Logistics Solutions's case, that would currently equate to about $0.035 per share.
While Pangaea Logistics Solutions's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Pangaea Logistics Solutions is investing more in its future growth.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions's most recent dividend payout was on 15 March 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 26 February 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Pangaea Logistics Solutions share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Pangaea Logistics Solutions's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.6 up to $3.9. 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 Pangaea Logistics Solutions's is 0.627. This would suggest that Pangaea Logistics Solutions's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Pangaea Logistics Solutions overview
Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides seaborne dry bulk logistics and transportation services to industrial customers worldwide. The company offers various dry bulk cargoes, including grains, coal, iron ore, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and limestone. Its ocean logistics services comprise cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, voyage planning, and technical vessel management. As of February 8, 2021, the company owned and operated a fleet of 18 ships. Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd. was founded in 1996 and is based in Newport, Rhode Island.
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