How to buy Priority Technology (PRTH) stock

Priority Technology Holdings, Inc is an information technology services business based in the US. Priority Technology shares (PRTH) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Priority Technology employs 472 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Priority Technology stock price (NASDAQ: PRTH)

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Priority Technology shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-07-23.

Latest market close	$7.75
52-week range	$1.90 - $9.50
50-day moving average	$7.22
200-day moving average	$7.40
Wall St. target price	$15.75
PE ratio	15.2693
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.43

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Priority Technology price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $7.75 from 2021-05-28

1 week (2021-07-17)	N/A
1 month (2021-06-28)	3.06%
3 months (2021-04-28)	16.89%
6 months (2021-01-24)	N/A

1 year (2020-07-24)	N/A
2 years (2019-07-24)	N/A
3 years (2018-07-24)	N/A
5 years (2016-07-24)	N/A

Is Priority Technology under- or over-valued?

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

Priority Technology's P/E ratio

Priority Technology's current share 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, Priority Technology shares trade at around 15x 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.

Priority Technology's EBITDA

Priority Technology's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $59.4 million.

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

Priority Technology financials

Revenue TTM	$420.7 million
Operating margin TTM	5.98%
Gross profit TTM	$127 million
Return on assets TTM	3.71%
Return on equity TTM	0%
Profit margin	6.86%
Book value	$-1.59
Market capitalisation	$441.1 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Priority Technology shares

There are currently 156,461 Priority Technology shares held short by investors – that's known as Priority Technology's "short interest". This figure is 29.1% up from 121,239 last month.

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

Priority Technology's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Priority Technology's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Priority Technology shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Priority Technology shares traded daily (recently around 41173.947368421). Priority Technology's SIR currently stands at 3.8. In other words for every 100,000 Priority Technology shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3800 shares are currently held short.

However Priority Technology's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Priority Technology shares, or, against the total number of tradable Priority Technology shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Priority Technology's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Priority Technology shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0219% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Priority Technology shares, roughly 22 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 Priority Technology.

Find out more about how you can short Priority Technology stock.

Priority Technology share dividends

We're not expecting Priority Technology to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Priority Technology share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Priority Technology's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.9 up to $9.496. 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 Priority Technology's is 0.5009. This would suggest that Priority Technology's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Priority Technology overview

Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. provides merchant acquiring, integrated payment software, and commercial payment solutions in the United States. It operates through three segments: Consumer Payments, Commercial Payments, and Integrated Partners. The company offers MX product suite, including MX ISO/Agent and VIMAS reseller technology systems, and MX Merchant products, such as MX Insights, MX Storefront, MX Retail, MX Invoice, MX B2B, ACH. com, and others, which provide resellers and merchant clients a customizable set of business applications that enable business work functions and revenue performance management. It also offers CPX, a solution suite that offers automated payment services for customers, including virtual payments, purchase cards, electronic funds transfers, ACH payments, and check payments. In addition, the company provides curated managed services and a suite of integrated accounts payable automation solutions to various financial institutions and card networks; and payment-adjacent technologies to facilitate the acceptance of electronic payments from customers in the rental real estate, rental storage, medical, and hospitality industries.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Priority Technology is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 87.489% of Priority Technology shares are held by insiders and 7.316% by institutions. How many people work for Priority Technology?
Latest data suggests 472 work at Priority Technology. When does the fiscal year end for Priority Technology?
Priority Technology's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Priority Technology based?
Priority Technology's address is: 2001 Westside Parkway, Alpharetta, GA, United States, 30004 What is Priority Technology's ISIN number?
Priority Technology's international securities identification number is: US74275G1076 What is Priority Technology's CUSIP number?
Priority Technology's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 55304A104