How to buy Sculptor Capital Management stock | $26.13

Sculptor Capital Management, Inc is an asset management business based in the US. Sculptor Capital Management shares (SCU) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Sculptor Capital Management employs 341 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Sculptor Capital Management stock price (NYSE: SCU)

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Sculptor Capital Management shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-07-28.

Latest market close	$26.13
52-week range	$9.20 - $26.99
50-day moving average	$24.13
200-day moving average	$22.38
Wall St. target price	$31.50
PE ratio	8.9731
Dividend yield	$2.65 (11.47%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$2.55

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Sculptor Capital Management price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $26.13 from 2021-05-28

1 week (2021-07-24)	N/A
1 month (2021-07-02)	5.75%
3 months (2021-05-04)	12.78%
6 months (2021-01-31)	N/A

1 year (2020-07-31)	N/A
2 years (2019-07-31)	N/A
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Is Sculptor Capital Management under- or over-valued?

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

Sculptor Capital Management's P/E ratio

Sculptor Capital Management's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, Sculptor Capital Management shares trade at around 9x 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.

Sculptor Capital Management's EBITDA

Sculptor Capital Management's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $292.3 million.

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

Sculptor Capital Management financials

Revenue TTM	$941.1 million
Operating margin TTM	30.31%
Gross profit TTM	$487.8 million
Return on assets TTM	15.47%
Return on equity TTM	48.71%
Profit margin	19.58%
Book value	$-13.90
Market capitalisation	$1.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Sculptor Capital Management shares

There are currently 806,584 Sculptor Capital Management shares held short by investors – that's known as Sculptor Capital Management's "short interest". This figure is 11.1% down from 907,273 last month.

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

Sculptor Capital Management's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Sculptor Capital Management's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Sculptor Capital Management shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Sculptor Capital Management shares traded daily (recently around 160354.67196819). Sculptor Capital Management's SIR currently stands at 5.03. In other words for every 100,000 Sculptor Capital Management shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5030 shares are currently held short.

However Sculptor Capital Management's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Sculptor Capital Management shares, or, against the total number of tradable Sculptor Capital Management shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Sculptor Capital Management's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Sculptor Capital Management shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0467% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Sculptor Capital Management shares, roughly 47 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 Sculptor Capital Management.

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Sculptor Capital Management share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 34.15% of net profits

Recently Sculptor Capital Management has paid out, on average, around 34.15% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 11.5% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Sculptor Capital Management shareholders could enjoy a 11.5% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Sculptor Capital Management's case, that would currently equate to about $2.65 per share.

While Sculptor Capital Management's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Sculptor Capital Management may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Sculptor Capital Management's most recent dividend payout was on 24 May 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 16 May 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Sculptor Capital Management's shares ever split?

Sculptor Capital Management's shares were split on a 1:10 basis on 3 January 2019. So if you had owned 10 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 Sculptor Capital Management shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 900% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Sculptor Capital Management shares which in turn could have impacted Sculptor Capital Management's share price.

Sculptor Capital Management share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Sculptor Capital Management's shares have ranged in value from as little as $9.1968 up to $26.9866. 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 Sculptor Capital Management's is 1.4635. This would suggest that Sculptor Capital Management's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Sculptor Capital Management overview

Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. is a publicly owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm provides investment advisory services to its clients. It primarily caters to institutional investors, which include pension funds, fund-of-funds, foundations and endowments, corporations and other institutions, private banks and family offices. The firm also manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and real estate separate accounts. It also manages commingled funds and specialized products. The firm invests in equity, fixed income and real estate markets across the world.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Sculptor Capital Management is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 25.072% of Sculptor Capital Management shares are held by insiders and 47.782% by institutions. How many people work for Sculptor Capital Management?
Latest data suggests 341 work at Sculptor Capital Management. When does the fiscal year end for Sculptor Capital Management?
Sculptor Capital Management's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Sculptor Capital Management based?
Sculptor Capital Management's address is: 9 West 57th Street, New York, NY, United States, 10019 What is Sculptor Capital Management's ISIN number?
Sculptor Capital Management's international securities identification number is: US8112461079 What is Sculptor Capital Management's CUSIP number?
Sculptor Capital Management's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 67551U105