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SITE Centers Corp is a reit—retail business based in the US. SITE Centers shares (SITC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. SITE Centers employs 361 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$473 million.

How to buy shares in SITE Centers

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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 SITE Centers. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: SITC. 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 SITE Centers 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$9.76, 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 SITE Centers, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of SITE Centers. 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.

How has coronavirus impacted SITE Centers's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, SITE Centers's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$9.76, which is 26.00% down on its pre-crash value of USD$13.19 and 171.11% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$3.6.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of SITE Centers shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$412.84 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$763.13.

SITE Centers share price

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SITE Centers shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-26.

Latest market close	USD$9.76
52-week range	USD$3.6 - USD$14.1381
50-day moving average	USD$8.21
200-day moving average	USD$7.5631
Wall St. target price	USD$8.66
PE ratio	69.625
Dividend yield	USD$0.2 (1.8%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.16

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SITE Centers price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $9.76 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-20)	N/A
1 month (2020-10-30)	43.32%
3 months (2020-08-28)	N/A
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1 year (2019-11-27)	N/A
2 years (2018-11-27)	N/A
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Is SITE Centers under- or over-valued?

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

SITE Centers's P/E ratio

SITE Centers's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 70x. In other words, SITE Centers shares trade at around 70x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

SITE Centers's EBITDA

SITE Centers's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$286.7 million.

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

SITE Centers financials

Revenue TTM	USD$473 million
Operating margin TTM	25.36%
Gross profit TTM	USD$376.5 million
Return on assets TTM	1.86%
Return on equity TTM	3.12%
Profit margin	12.9%
Book value	$8.455
Market capitalisation	USD$2.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting SITE Centers shares

There are currently 6.6 million SITE Centers shares held short by investors – that's known as SITE Centers's "short interest". This figure is 2.5% down from 6.8 million last month.

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

SITE Centers's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

SITE Centers's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of SITE Centers shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of SITE Centers shares traded daily (recently around 1.4 million). SITE Centers's SIR currently stands at 4.73. In other words for every 100,000 SITE Centers shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4730 shares are currently held short.

However SITE Centers's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of SITE Centers shares, or, against the total number of tradable SITE Centers shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case SITE Centers's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 SITE Centers shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0673% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable SITE Centers shares, roughly 67 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 SITE Centers.

Find out more about how you can short SITE Centers stock.

SITE Centers's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like SITE Centers.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

SITE Centers's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 17

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and SITE Centers's overall score of 17 (as at 01/01/2019) is excellent – landing it in it in the 15th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like SITE Centers is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

SITE Centers's environmental score

Environmental score: 6.6/100

SITE Centers's environmental score of 6.6 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that SITE Centers is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

SITE Centers's social score

Social score: 2.89/100

SITE Centers's social score of 2.89 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that SITE Centers is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

SITE Centers's governance score

Governance score: 6.51/100

SITE Centers's governance score puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that SITE Centers is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

SITE Centers Corp was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	17
Total ESG percentile	14.65
Environmental score	6.6
Environmental score percentile	1
Social score	2.89
Social score percentile	1
Governance score	6.51
Governance score percentile	1

SITE Centers share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 281.25% of net profits

Recently SITE Centers has paid out, on average, around 281.25% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.8% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), SITE Centers shareholders could enjoy a 1.8% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In SITE Centers's case, that would currently equate to about $0.2 per share.

SITE Centers's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

SITE Centers's most recent dividend payout was on 2 April 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 10 December 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

SITE Centers share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, SITE Centers's shares have ranged in value from as little as $3.6 up to $14.1381. 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 SITE Centers's is 1.3405. This would suggest that SITE Centers's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

SITE Centers overview

SITE Centers is an owner and manager of open-air shopping centers that provide a highly-compelling shopping experience and merchandise mix for retail partners and consumers. The Company is a self-administered and self-managed REIT operating as a fully integrated real estate company, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SITC.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of SITE Centers is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 21.899% of SITE Centers shares are held by insiders and 83.797% by institutions.

• How many people work for SITE Centers?

  Latest data suggests 361 work at SITE Centers.

• When does the fiscal year end for SITE Centers?

  SITE Centers's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is SITE Centers based?

  SITE Centers's address is: 3300 Enterprise Parkway, Beachwood, OH, United States, 44122

• What is SITE Centers's ISIN number?

  SITE Centers's international securities identification number is: US82981J1097

• What is SITE Centers's CUSIP number?

  SITE Centers's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 23317H102