How to buy Premier stock

Premier, Inc is a health information services business based in the US. Premier shares (PINC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Premier employs 2,500 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD0.00.

Premier share price

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Premier shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-16.

52-week range	USD$27.67 - USD$37.43
50-day moving average	USD$33.92
200-day moving average	USD$34.52
Wall St. target price	USD$39.19
PE ratio	13.8075
Dividend yield	USD$0.38 (1.09%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.55

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Is Premier under- or over-valued?

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

Premier's P/E ratio

Premier's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 14x. In other words, Premier shares trade at around 14x 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.

Premier's PEG ratio

Premier's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.5957. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Premier's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Premier's EBITDA

Premier's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$455.1 million.

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

Premier financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.4 billion
Operating margin TTM	21.91%
Gross profit TTM	USD$866.8 million
Return on assets TTM	6.47%
Return on equity TTM	40.72%
Profit margin	19.16%
Book value	$17.77
Market capitalisation	USD$4.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Premier shares

There are currently 2.4 million Premier shares held short by investors – that's known as Premier's "short interest". This figure is 15.3% down from 2.8 million last month.

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

Premier's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Premier's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Premier shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Premier shares traded daily (recently around 622294.22572178). Premier's SIR currently stands at 3.81. In other words for every 100,000 Premier shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3810 shares are currently held short.

However Premier's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Premier shares, or, against the total number of tradable Premier shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Premier's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Premier shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0195% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Premier shares, roughly 20 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 Premier.

Find out more about how you can short Premier stock.

Premier share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 21.66% of net profits

Recently Premier has paid out, on average, around 21.66% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.17% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Premier shareholders could enjoy a 2.17% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Premier's case, that would currently equate to about $0.38 per share.

While Premier's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Premier is investing more in its future growth.

Premier's most recent dividend payout was on 14 March 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 25 February 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Premier share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Premier's shares have ranged in value from as little as $27.6716 up to $37.4289. 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 Premier's is 0.2168. This would suggest that Premier's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Premier overview

Premier, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, operates as a healthcare improvement company in the United States. It operates through two segments, Supply Chain Services and Performance Services. The Supply Chain Services segment offers its members with access to a range of products and services, including medical and surgical products, pharmaceuticals, laboratory supplies, capital equipment, information technology, facilities and construction, and food and nutritional products, as well as purchased services, such as clinical engineering and document shredding services. It is also involved in the provision of the ASCEND Collaborative service for members to receive group purchasing programs, tiers, and prices, as well as managed services; SURPASS Collaborative service; STOCKD, an e-commerce platform; and PROVIDEGX program, which identifies supply sources for drugs that are on or may be at risk of being added to the national drug shortage list, or that are vulnerable to pricing volatility, as well as direct sourcing business. The Performance Services segment offers PremierConnect for members to address existing cost and quality imperatives, enable them manage a value-based care reimbursement model, and support their regulatory reporting framework; performance improvement collaborative; and consulting and insurance services. This segment's various PremierConnect domains include PremierConnect Quality & Regulatory, PremierConnect Clinical Surveillance & Safety, PremierConnect Supply Chain & ERP, PremierConnect Operations, PremierConnect Enterprise Analytics, and PREMIERCONNECT Clinical Decision Support domains.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Premier is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.806% of Premier shares are held by insiders and 67.553% by institutions.

• How many people work for Premier?

  Latest data suggests 2,500 work at Premier.

• When does the fiscal year end for Premier?

  Premier's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is Premier based?

  Premier's address is: 13034 Ballantyne Corporate Place, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28277

• What is Premier's ISIN number?

  Premier's international securities identification number is: US74051N1028

• What is Premier's CUSIP number?

  Premier's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 74051N102