How to buy Reading International stock | $4.14

Reading International, Inc is an entertainment business based in the US. Reading International shares (RDI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Reading International employs 2,988 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$131.7 million.

How to buy shares in Reading International

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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 Reading International. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: RDI. 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 Reading International 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$4.14, 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 Reading International, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Reading International. 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.

Reading International share price

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Reading International shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-10.

Latest market close	USD$4.14
52-week range	USD$2.22 - USD$11.52
50-day moving average	USD$3.0986
200-day moving average	USD$3.6993
Wall St. target price	USD$5
PE ratio	28.0769
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.262

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Reading International price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $4.14 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-07)	-28.13%
1 month (2020-12-15)	-10.58%
3 months (2020-10-15)	53.33%
6 months (2020-07-15)	-9.01%

1 year (2020-01-15)	-62.02%
2 years (2019-01-15)	-73.50%
3 years (2018-01-13)	N/A
5 years (2016-01-15)	10.48

Is Reading International under- or over-valued?

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

Reading International's P/E ratio

Reading International's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 28x. In other words, Reading International shares trade at around 28x recent earnings.

That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).

Reading International's EBITDA

Reading International's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$26.8 million.

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

Reading International financials

Revenue TTM	USD$131.7 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$57.3 million
Return on assets TTM	-4.13%
Return on equity TTM	-59.59%
Profit margin	-57.16%
Book value	$3.968
Market capitalisation	USD$118.7 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Reading International shares

There are currently 556,294 Reading International shares held short by investors – that's known as Reading International's "short interest". This figure is 53.5% up from 362,383 last month.

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

Reading International's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Reading International's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Reading International shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Reading International shares traded daily (recently around 98111.816578483). Reading International's SIR currently stands at 5.67. In other words for every 100,000 Reading International shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5670 shares are currently held short.

However Reading International's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Reading International shares, or, against the total number of tradable Reading International shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Reading International's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Reading International shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0396% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Reading International shares, roughly 40 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Reading International.

Find out more about how you can short Reading International stock.

Reading International share dividends

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

Have Reading International's shares ever split?

Reading International's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 26 April 1993. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Reading International shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Reading International shares which in turn could have impacted Reading International's share price.

Reading International share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Reading International's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.22 up to $11.52. 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 Reading International's is 1.9438. This would suggest that Reading International's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Reading International overview

Reading International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership, development, and operation of entertainment and real property assets in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. The company operates in two segments, Cinema Exhibition and Real Estate. The Cinema Exhibition segment operates multiplex cinemas. This segment operates its cinema exhibition businesses under the Reading Cinemas, Angelika Film Centers, Consolidated Theatres, City Cinemas, Event Cinemas, State Cinema, and Rialto brands. The Real Estate segment develops, rents, or licenses retail, commercial, and live theater assets. As of December 31, 2019, the company had interests in 60 cinemas comprising approximately 498 screens; fee interests in three live theaters; fee interest in one cinema in Manhattan; fee interests in two cinemas in Australia and four cinemas in New Zealand; fee interest in 44 Union Square property; fee interest in entertainment-themed centers; fee interest in 70.4 acres of developable land; a 50% interest in 202 acres of developable land; fee interest in 2 office buildings; and fee ownership of approximately 20.8 million square feet of developed and undeveloped real estate assets. Reading International, Inc. was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Culver City, California.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Reading International is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 20.698% of Reading International shares are held by insiders and 45.853% by institutions.

• How many people work for Reading International?

  Latest data suggests 2,988 work at Reading International.

• When does the fiscal year end for Reading International?

  Reading International's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Reading International based?

  Reading International's address is: 5995 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United States, 90230

• What is Reading International's ISIN number?

  Reading International's international securities identification number is: US7554081015

• What is Reading International's CUSIP number?

  Reading International's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 172862104