How to buy Proterra stock | $9.77

Proterra, a Burlingame, California company that develops electric vehicle charging systems, completed its SPAC process June 15, and shares are now trading as PTRA.

Proterra stock price (NASDAQ: PTRA)

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Proterra shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-10-18.

Latest market close	$9.77
52-week range	$8.77 - $31.06
50-day moving average	$10.09
200-day moving average	$13.67
Wall St. target price	$15.40
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$-20.54

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Proterra price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $9.77 from 2021-10-15

1 week (2021-10-12)	5.85%
1 month (2021-09-17)	-5.33%
3 months (2021-07-19)	-14.37%
6 months (2021-04-19)	-33.81%

1 year (2020-10-15)	N/A
2 years (2019-10-15)	N/A
3 years (2018-10-15)	N/A
5 years (2016-10-15)	N/A

Proterra financials

Revenue TTM	$214.2 million
Gross profit TTM	$7.5 million
Return on assets TTM	0%
Return on equity TTM	0%
Profit margin	-149.71%
Book value	$3.21
Market capitalisation	$2.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Proterra shares

There are currently 7.9 million Proterra shares held short by investors – that's known as Proterra's "short interest". This figure is 17.5% up from 6.8 million last month.

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

Proterra's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Proterra's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Proterra shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Proterra shares traded daily (recently around 2.3 million). Proterra's SIR currently stands at 3.42. In other words for every 100,000 Proterra shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3420 shares are currently held short.

To gain some more context, you can compare Proterra's short interest ratio against those of similar companies.

• Cummins (CMI.US): 2.64
• Nikola Corporation (NKLA.US): 5.46
• General Motors Company (GM.US): 1.72

However Proterra's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Proterra shares, or, against the total number of tradable Proterra shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Proterra's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Proterra shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0497% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Proterra shares, roughly 50 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 Proterra.

Find out more about how you can short Proterra stock.

Proterra share dividends

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

You may also wish to consider:

• Cummins (CMI.US) (2.24% forward annual dividend yield)

Proterra overview

Proterra Inc. develops and produces commercial electric vehicles. It operates in three business units: Proterra Powered, Proterra Energy, and Proterra Transit. The Proterra Powered business unit designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and integrates battery systems and electrification solutions into vehicles for commercial vehicle OEM customers serving delivery trucks, school buses, coach buses, construction and mining equipment, and other applications. The Proterra Transit business unit designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electric transit buses as an OEM for North American public transit agencies, airports, universities, and other commercial transit fleets. The Proterra Energy business unit provides turnkey fleet-scale, high-power charging solutions and software services, ranging from fleet and energy management software-as-a-service, to fleet planning, hardware, infrastructure, installation, utility engagement, and charging optimization. Proterra Inc.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Proterra is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 5.673% of Proterra shares are held by insiders and 32.11% by institutions. How many people work for Proterra?
Latest data suggests 768 work at Proterra. When does the fiscal year end for Proterra?
Proterra's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Proterra based?
Proterra's address is: 1815 Rollins Road, Burlingame, CA, United States, 94010 What is Proterra's ISIN number?
Proterra's international securities identification number is: US74374T1097