How to buy Quest Resource Holding Corporation stock | $2.48

Quest Resource Holding Corporation is a waste management business based in the US. Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares (QRHC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Quest Resource Holding Corporation employs 100 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$94 million.

How to buy shares in Quest Resource Holding Corporation

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Quest Resource Holding Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: QRHC. 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 Quest Resource Holding Corporation 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$2.48, 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 Quest Resource Holding Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Quest Resource Holding Corporation. 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.

Quest Resource Holding Corporation share price

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Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-01-11.

Latest market close	USD$2.48
52-week range	USD$1.1 - USD$2.6
50-day moving average	USD$2.0922
200-day moving average	USD$1.86
Wall St. target price	USD$3.13
PE ratio	53.8298
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.047

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Is it a good time to buy Quest Resource Holding Corporation stock?

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Quest Resource Holding Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $2.48 from 2021-01-11

1 week (2021-01-07)	1.22%
1 month (2020-12-15)	26.53%
3 months (2020-10-15)	22.77%
6 months (2020-07-15)	85.07%

1 year (2020-01-15)	3.33%
2 years (2019-01-15)	60.00%
3 years (2018-01-13)	N/A
5 years (2016-01-15)	313.33%

Is Quest Resource Holding Corporation under- or over-valued?

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

Quest Resource Holding Corporation's P/E ratio

Quest Resource Holding Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 54x. In other words, Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares trade at around 54x recent earnings.

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

Quest Resource Holding Corporation's PEG ratio

Quest Resource Holding Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.8118. 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 Quest Resource Holding Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Quest Resource Holding Corporation's EBITDA

Quest Resource Holding Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$1.5 million.

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

Quest Resource Holding Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$94 million
Operating margin TTM	0.35%
Gross profit TTM	USD$18.7 million
Return on assets TTM	0.25%
Return on equity TTM	1.48%
Profit margin	1.01%
Book value	$3.631
Market capitalisation	USD$46.5 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares

There are currently 28,134 Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Quest Resource Holding Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 12.1% down from 31,998 last month.

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

Quest Resource Holding Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Quest Resource Holding Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 26293.457943925). Quest Resource Holding Corporation's SIR currently stands at 1.07. In other words for every 100,000 Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1070 shares are currently held short.

However Quest Resource Holding Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Quest Resource Holding Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0025% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares, roughly 3 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 Quest Resource Holding Corporation.

Find out more about how you can short Quest Resource Holding Corporation stock.

Quest Resource Holding Corporation share dividends

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

Have Quest Resource Holding Corporation's shares ever split?

Quest Resource Holding Corporation's shares were split on a 1:8 basis on 11 August 2016. So if you had owned 8 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 700% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Quest Resource Holding Corporation's share price.

Quest Resource Holding Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Quest Resource Holding Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.1 up to $2.6. 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 Quest Resource Holding Corporation's is 1.3514. This would suggest that Quest Resource Holding Corporation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Quest Resource Holding Corporation overview

Quest Resource Holding Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides solutions for the reuse, recycling, and disposal of various waste streams and recyclables in the United States. It offers disposal and recycling services for used motor oil, oil filters, scrap tires, solid waste, metals, grease, cooking oil, food waste, and expired food products. The company also provides landfill diversion services. It offers sustainability programs, including strategic planning, writing policies and procedures, LEED certification, life cycle assessment, and building commissioning. The company's services focus on the waste streams and recyclables from big box, food chain, and other retailers; automotive maintenance, quick lube, dealerships, and collision repair; transportation, logistics, and internal fleet operators; manufacturing plants; multi-family and commercial properties; restaurant chains and food operations; and construction and demolition projects. Quest Resource Holding Corporation markets its services to automotive, manufacturing, hospitality and retail, construction and demolition, and commercial and multi-family property management industries through direct sales force and strategic partnerships. The company was formerly known as Infinity Resources Holdings Corp. and changed its name to Quest Resource Holding Corporation in October 2013. Quest Resource Holding Corporation is based in The Colony, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Quest Resource Holding Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 26.829% of Quest Resource Holding Corporation shares are held by insiders and 42.529% by institutions.

• How many people work for Quest Resource Holding Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 100 work at Quest Resource Holding Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Quest Resource Holding Corporation?

  Quest Resource Holding Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Quest Resource Holding Corporation based?

  Quest Resource Holding Corporation's address is: 3481 Plano Parkway, The Colony, TX, United States, 75056

• What is Quest Resource Holding Corporation's ISIN number?

  Quest Resource Holding Corporation's international securities identification number is: US74836W2035

• What is Quest Resource Holding Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Quest Resource Holding Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 45672K107