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How to buy Scientific Games Corporation stock | 35.5
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Scientific Games Corporation is a gambling business based in the US. Scientific Games Corporation shares (SGMS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Scientific Games Corporation employs 9,800 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$3 billion.
How to buy shares in Scientific Games Corporation
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- 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.
- Search for Scientific Games Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: SGMS. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Scientific Games Corporation reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$35.5, 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 Scientific Games Corporation, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Scientific Games 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.
What's in this guide?
- SGMS shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is SGMS stock a buy or sell?
- Stock performance over time
- Can I short SGMS shares?
- Are SGMS shares over-valued?
- Scientific Games Corporation's financials
- How volatile are SGMS shares?
- Does Scientific Games Corporation pay a dividend?
- Have SGMS shares ever split?
- Other common questions
How has coronavirus impacted Scientific Games Corporation's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Scientific Games Corporation's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was USD$35.5, which is 33.10% up on its pre-crash value of USD$23.75 and 844.15% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$3.76.
If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Scientific Games Corporation shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$274.68 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,321.31.
Scientific Games Corporation share price
Use our graph to track the performance of SGMS stocks over time.Scientific Games Corporation shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-10-20.
| Latest market close | USD$35.5 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$3.76 - USD$37.58 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$30.1834 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$19.0755 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$29.11 |
| PE ratio | 14.1176 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$1.292 |
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Is it a good time to buy Scientific Games Corporation stock?
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Scientific Games Corporation price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $35.5 from 2020-10-16
| 1 week (2020-10-19) | 4.23% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-09-25) | 0.23% |
| 3 months (2020-07-24) | 107.36% |
| 6 months (2020-04-24) | 241.02% |
| 1 year (2019-10-25) | 50.74% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2018-10-26) | 69.13% |
| 3 years (2017-10-26) | -19.32% |
| 5 years (2015-10-26) | 220.69% |
Is Scientific Games Corporation under- or over-valued?
Valuing Scientific Games Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Scientific Games Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Scientific Games Corporation's P/E ratio
Scientific Games 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 14x. In other words, Scientific Games Corporation shares trade at around 14x 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.
Scientific Games Corporation's EBITDA
Scientific Games Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$781 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Scientific Games Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Scientific Games Corporation financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 10.53% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$2.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 2.49% |
| Return on equity TTM | 0% |
| Profit margin | -13.11% |
| Book value | $-23.785 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$3.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Scientific Games Corporation shares
There are currently 7.5 million Scientific Games Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Scientific Games Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 6.6% up from 7.0 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Scientific Games Corporation shares can be evaluated.
Scientific Games Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Scientific Games Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Scientific Games Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Scientific Games Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 3.7 million). Scientific Games Corporation's SIR currently stands at 2.04. In other words for every 100,000 Scientific Games Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2040 shares are currently held short.
However Scientific Games Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Scientific Games Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Scientific Games Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Scientific Games Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.08% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Scientific Games Corporation shares in existence, roughly 80 shares are currently held short) or 0.1309% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Scientific Games Corporation shares, roughly 131 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 Scientific Games Corporation.
Find out more about how you can short Scientific Games Corporation stock.
Scientific Games Corporation share dividends
We're not expecting Scientific Games Corporation to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Have Scientific Games Corporation's shares ever split?
Scientific Games Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 26 October 1993. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Scientific Games Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Scientific Games Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Scientific Games Corporation's share price.
Scientific Games Corporation share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Scientific Games Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $3.76 up to $37.58. 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 Scientific Games Corporation's is 2.0938. This would suggest that Scientific Games Corporation's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
Scientific Games Corporation overview
Scientific Games Corporation develops technology-based products and services, and related content for the gaming, lottery, social and digital gaming industries in the United States and internationally. The company's Gaming segment sells new and used gaming machines, electronic table systems, video lottery terminals, conversion game kits, and spare parts; slot, casino, and table-management systems; table products, including shufflers; and perpetual licenses to proprietary table games. It also leases gaming machines; provides gaming operations and licensing arrangements; and installs and supports casino management systems, such as ongoing hardware and software maintenance and upgrade services of customer casino management systems. The company's Lottery segment designs, prints, and sells instant lottery products; designs and manufactures instant games tickets; offers instant products planning, monitoring, management system, warehousing, inventory management, distribution, marketing, and game support functions; supplies player loyalty programs, merchandising services, and interactive marketing campaigns; and sublicenses brands for lottery products and lottery-related promotional products. It also provides software, hardware, and related services for lottery operations; and lottery systems software maintenance and support services. The company's SciPlay segment sells virtual coins, chips, or bingo cards; and third-party branded games and original content through mobile and web platforms. Its Digital segment provides digital gaming and sports wagering solutions and services, including digital RMG and sports wagering solutions, distribution platforms, content, products, and services; software design, development, licensing, maintenance, and support services; Open Platform Systems; and content aggregation platforms. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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