How to buy Perma-Pipe International stock

Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc is a building products & equipment business based in the US. Perma-Pipe International shares (PPIH) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Perma-Pipe International employs 632 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Perma-Pipe International share price

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Perma-Pipe International shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-16.

52-week range	$5.00 - $7.77
50-day moving average	$6.57
200-day moving average	$6.09
Wall St. target price	$32.00
PE ratio	18.8065
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.31

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Is Perma-Pipe International under- or over-valued?

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

Perma-Pipe International's P/E ratio

Perma-Pipe International's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 19x. In other words, Perma-Pipe International shares trade at around 19x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Perma-Pipe International's EBITDA

Perma-Pipe International's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.9 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Perma-Pipe International's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Perma-Pipe International financials

Revenue TTM	$95.7 million
Gross profit TTM	$29 million
Return on assets TTM	-3.94%
Return on equity TTM	-6.77%
Profit margin	-3.76%
Book value	$6.25
Market capitalisation	$51.3 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Perma-Pipe International shares

There are currently 4,051 Perma-Pipe International shares held short by investors – that's known as Perma-Pipe International's "short interest". This figure is 54% down from 8,802 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Perma-Pipe International shares can be evaluated.

Perma-Pipe International's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Perma-Pipe International's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Perma-Pipe International shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Perma-Pipe International shares traded daily (recently around 16204). Perma-Pipe International's SIR currently stands at 0.25. In other words for every 100,000 Perma-Pipe International shares traded daily on the market, roughly 250 shares are currently held short.

However Perma-Pipe International's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Perma-Pipe International shares, or, against the total number of tradable Perma-Pipe International shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Perma-Pipe International's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Perma-Pipe International shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0006% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Perma-Pipe International shares, roughly 1 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 Perma-Pipe International.

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Perma-Pipe International share dividends

We're not expecting Perma-Pipe International to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Perma-Pipe International share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Perma-Pipe International's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5 up to $7.77. 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 Perma-Pipe International's is 0.3414. This would suggest that Perma-Pipe International's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Perma-Pipe International overview

Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, engineers, designs, manufactures, and sells specialty piping and leak detection systems. The company offers insulated and jacketed district heating and cooling piping systems for energy distribution from central energy plants to various locations; and primary and secondary containment piping systems for transporting chemicals, hazardous fluids, and petroleum products, as well as engages in the coating and insulation of oil and gas gathering and transmission pipelines. It has operations in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, Europe, India, and internationally. The company was formerly known as MFRI, Inc. and changed its name to Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. in March 2017.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Perma-Pipe International is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 7.871% of Perma-Pipe International shares are held by insiders and 31.454% by institutions.

• How many people work for Perma-Pipe International?

  Latest data suggests 632 work at Perma-Pipe International.

• When does the fiscal year end for Perma-Pipe International?

  Perma-Pipe International's fiscal year ends in January.

• Where is Perma-Pipe International based?

  Perma-Pipe International's address is: 6410 West Howard Street, Niles, IL, United States, 60714-3491

• What is Perma-Pipe International's ISIN number?

  Perma-Pipe International's international securities identification number is: US7141671039

• What is Perma-Pipe International's CUSIP number?

  Perma-Pipe International's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 552721102