How to buy RPC stock

RPC, Inc is an oil & gas equipment & services business based in the US. RPC shares (RES) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. RPC employs 2,005 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

RPC share price

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RPC shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-23.

52-week range	$2.28 - $7.43
50-day moving average	$5.56
200-day moving average	$4.16
Wall St. target price	$4.66
PE ratio	15.0784
Dividend yield	$0 (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.32

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Is RPC under- or over-valued?

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

RPC's P/E ratio

RPC'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, RPC 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.

RPC's EBITDA

RPC's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.7 million.

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

RPC financials

Revenue TTM	$598.3 million
Gross profit TTM	$117.6 million
Return on assets TTM	-6.89%
Return on equity TTM	-29.03%
Profit margin	-35.47%
Book value	$2.97
Market capitalisation	$1.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting RPC shares

There are currently 7.0 million RPC shares held short by investors – that's known as RPC's "short interest". This figure is 21% down from 8.8 million last month.

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

RPC's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

RPC's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of RPC shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of RPC shares traded daily (recently around 1.4 million). RPC's SIR currently stands at 5.08. In other words for every 100,000 RPC shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5080 shares are currently held short.

However RPC's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of RPC shares, or, against the total number of tradable RPC shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case RPC's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 RPC shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.1038% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable RPC shares, roughly 104 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 RPC.

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RPC share dividends

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

Have RPC's shares ever split?

RPC's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 11 March 2012. 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 RPC shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for RPC shares which in turn could have impacted RPC's share price.

RPC share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, RPC's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.28 up to $7.43. 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 RPC's is 2.1903. This would suggest that RPC's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

RPC overview

RPC, Inc. , through its subsidiaries, provides a range of oilfield services and equipment for the oil and gas companies involved in the exploration, production, and development of oil and gas properties. The company operates through Technical Services and Support Services segments. The Technical Services offers pressure pumping, fracturing, acidizing, cementing, downhole tools, coiled tubing, snubbing, nitrogen, well control, wireline, pump down, and fishing services that are used in the completion, production, and maintenance of oil and gas wells. The Support Services segment provides a range of rental tools, including blowout preventors, high pressure manifolds and valves, hevi-wate drill pipes, tubing products, production related rental tools, pumps, diverters, drill pipes, drill collars, handling tools, Coflexip hoses, and Wear Knot drill pipes that are used for onshore and offshore oil and gas well drilling, completion, and workover activities. This segment also offers oilfield pipe inspection, and pipe management and storage services, as well as well control training, and consulting services. It operates in the United States, Africa, Canada, Argentina, China, Mexico, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and internationally.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of RPC is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 69.441% of RPC shares are held by insiders and 25.129% by institutions.

• How many people work for RPC?

  Latest data suggests 2,005 work at RPC.

• When does the fiscal year end for RPC?

  RPC's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is RPC based?

  RPC's address is: 2801 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA, United States, 30329

• What is RPC's ISIN number?

  RPC's international securities identification number is: US7496601060

• What is RPC's CUSIP number?

  RPC's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 749660106