How to buy ProPetro Holding stock | $7.39

ProPetro Holding Corp is an oil & gas equipment & services business based in the US. ProPetro Holding shares (PUMP) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. ProPetro Holding employs 2,200 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.1 billion.

How to buy shares in ProPetro Holding

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3. Search for ProPetro Holding. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: PUMP. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until ProPetro Holding reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$7.39, 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 ProPetro Holding, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of ProPetro Holding. 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.

ProPetro Holding share price

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ProPetro Holding shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-29.

Latest market close	USD$7.39
52-week range	USD$1.36 - USD$12.115
50-day moving average	USD$6.4759
200-day moving average	USD$5.451
Wall St. target price	USD$7.75
PE ratio	17.4545
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.229

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Is it a good time to buy ProPetro Holding stock?

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ProPetro Holding price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $7.39 from 2020-12-31

1 week (2021-01-08)	-10.32%
1 month (2020-12-15)	-8.77%
3 months (2020-10-15)	63.86%
6 months (2020-07-15)	32.44%

1 year (2020-01-15)	-33.24%
2 years (2019-01-15)	-50.03%
3 years (2018-01-15)	N/A
5 years (2016-01-15)	N/A

Is ProPetro Holding under- or over-valued?

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

ProPetro Holding's P/E ratio

ProPetro Holding's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 17x. In other words, ProPetro Holding shares trade at around 17x 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.

ProPetro Holding's EBITDA

ProPetro Holding's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$212.3 million.

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

ProPetro Holding financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.1 billion
Operating margin TTM	5.18%
Gross profit TTM	USD$582 million
Return on assets TTM	2.72%
Return on equity TTM	-4.34%
Profit margin	-3.76%
Book value	$9.036
Market capitalisation	USD$749.8 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting ProPetro Holding shares

There are currently 5.3 million ProPetro Holding shares held short by investors – that's known as ProPetro Holding's "short interest". This figure is 17.4% down from 6.4 million last month.

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

ProPetro Holding's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

ProPetro Holding's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of ProPetro Holding shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of ProPetro Holding shares traded daily (recently around 1.3 million). ProPetro Holding's SIR currently stands at 3.95. In other words for every 100,000 ProPetro Holding shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3950 shares are currently held short.

However ProPetro Holding's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of ProPetro Holding shares, or, against the total number of tradable ProPetro Holding shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case ProPetro Holding's short interest could be expressed as 0.05% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 ProPetro Holding shares in existence, roughly 50 shares are currently held short) or 0.0764% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable ProPetro Holding shares, roughly 76 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 ProPetro Holding.

Find out more about how you can short ProPetro Holding stock.

ProPetro Holding share dividends

We're not expecting ProPetro Holding to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

ProPetro Holding share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, ProPetro Holding's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.36 up to $12.115. 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 (NYSE average) beta is 1, while ProPetro Holding's is 3.4385. This would suggest that ProPetro Holding's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

ProPetro Holding overview

ProPetro Holding Corp., an oilfield services company, provides pressure pumping and other related services. The company offers hydraulic fracturing services; and a suite of well completion and production services, including cementing, acidizing, coiled tubing, flowback, and drilling services. It serves the upstream oil and gas companies engaged in the exploration and production of North American unconventional oil and natural gas resources in the Permian Basin. As of December 31, 2019, the company's fleet comprised 24 hydraulic fracturing units with 1,469,000 hydraulic horsepower. ProPetro Holding Corp. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of ProPetro Holding is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 31.054% of ProPetro Holding shares are held by insiders and 81.351% by institutions.

• How many people work for ProPetro Holding?

  Latest data suggests 2,200 work at ProPetro Holding.

• When does the fiscal year end for ProPetro Holding?

  ProPetro Holding's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is ProPetro Holding based?

  ProPetro Holding's address is: 1706 South Midkiff Road, Midland, TX, United States, 79701

• What is ProPetro Holding's ISIN number?

  ProPetro Holding's international securities identification number is: US74347M1080

• What is ProPetro Holding's CUSIP number?

  ProPetro Holding's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 74347M108