How to buy Sirius International Insurance Group stock | $12.49

Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd is an insurance-property & casualty business based in the US. Sirius International Insurance Group shares (SG) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Sirius International Insurance Group employs 1,076 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.6 billion.

How to buy shares in Sirius International Insurance Group

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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 Sirius International Insurance Group. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: SG. 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 Sirius International Insurance Group 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$12.49, 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 Sirius International Insurance Group, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Sirius International Insurance Group. 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.

Sirius International Insurance Group share price

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Sirius International Insurance Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-29.

Latest market close	USD$12.49
52-week range	USD$5.06 - USD$12.77
50-day moving average	USD$11.8665
200-day moving average	USD$10.234
Wall St. target price	USD$14.5
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.715

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Is it a good time to buy Sirius International Insurance Group stock?

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Sirius International Insurance Group price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $12.49 from 2020-12-18

1 week (2021-01-08)	1.54%
1 month (2020-12-15)	1.63%
3 months (2020-10-15)	8.99%
6 months (2020-07-15)	85.86%

1 year (2020-01-15)	38.01%
2 years (2019-01-14)	-13.86%
3 years (2018-01-12)	N/A
5 years (2016-01-12)	N/A

Is Sirius International Insurance Group under- or over-valued?

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

Sirius International Insurance Group's EBITDA

Sirius International Insurance Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$13.5 million.

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

Sirius International Insurance Group financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.6 billion
Gross profit TTM	USD$145.2 million
Return on assets TTM	-2.94%
Return on equity TTM	-21.03%
Profit margin	-23.69%
Book value	$12.656
Market capitalisation	USD$1.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Sirius International Insurance Group shares

There are currently 72,738 Sirius International Insurance Group shares held short by investors – that's known as Sirius International Insurance Group's "short interest". This figure is 21.6% down from 92,822 last month.

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

Sirius International Insurance Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Sirius International Insurance Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Sirius International Insurance Group shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Sirius International Insurance Group shares traded daily (recently around 10954.518072289). Sirius International Insurance Group's SIR currently stands at 6.64. In other words for every 100,000 Sirius International Insurance Group shares traded daily on the market, roughly 6640 shares are currently held short.

However Sirius International Insurance Group's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Sirius International Insurance Group shares, or, against the total number of tradable Sirius International Insurance Group shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Sirius International Insurance Group's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Sirius International Insurance Group shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0182% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Sirius International Insurance Group shares, roughly 18 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 Sirius International Insurance Group.

Find out more about how you can short Sirius International Insurance Group stock.

Sirius International Insurance Group share dividends

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

Sirius International Insurance Group share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Sirius International Insurance Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.06 up to $12.77. 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 Sirius International Insurance Group's is 0.5935. This would suggest that Sirius International Insurance Group's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Sirius International Insurance Group overview

Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides insurance and reinsurance products worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Global Reinsurance, Global A&H, U.S. Specialty, and Runoff and Other. It offers property insurance and reinsurance; property catastrophe excess reinsurance; agriculture reinsurance; healthcare and medical travel insurance; insurance and reinsurance product lines, including aviation and space, marine, trade credit, contingency, casualty, surety, and environmental specialty lines; and asbestos risks, environmental risks, and other long-tailed liability exposure products, as well as administration services. The company is also involved in the acquisition and management of runoff liabilities for insurance and reinsurance companies. Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd. is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Sirius International Insurance Group is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 96.534% of Sirius International Insurance Group shares are held by insiders and 1.744% by institutions.

• How many people work for Sirius International Insurance Group?

  Latest data suggests 1,076 work at Sirius International Insurance Group.

• When does the fiscal year end for Sirius International Insurance Group?

  Sirius International Insurance Group's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Sirius International Insurance Group based?

  Sirius International Insurance Group's address is: 14 Wesley Street, Hamilton, Bermuda, HM 11

• What is Sirius International Insurance Group's ISIN number?

  Sirius International Insurance Group's international securities identification number is: BMG8196D1011

• What is Sirius International Insurance Group's CUSIP number?

  Sirius International Insurance Group's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: G8196D101