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Smith Micro Software, Inc is a software-application business based in the US. Smith Micro Software shares (SMSI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Smith Micro Software employs 198 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$51.2 million.
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Latest market close | USD$5.53 |
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52-week range | USD$3.28 - USD$7.15 |
50-day moving average | USD$4.4746 |
200-day moving average | USD$4.1922 |
Wall St. target price | USD$7.25 |
PE ratio | 32.2156 |
Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$0.167 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $5.53 from 2020-12-09
1 week (2021-01-12) | N/A |
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1 month (2020-12-23) | 3.36% |
3 months (2020-10-19) | N/A |
6 months (2020-07-19) | N/A |
1 year (2020-01-19) | N/A |
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2 years (2019-01-19) | N/A |
3 years (2018-01-19) | N/A |
5 years (2016-01-19) | N/A |
Valuing Smith Micro Software stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Smith Micro Software's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Smith Micro Software's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 32x. In other words, Smith Micro Software shares trade at around 32x 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.
Smith Micro Software's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$10.2 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Smith Micro Software's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | USD$51.2 million |
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Operating margin TTM | 14.12% |
Gross profit TTM | USD$39.4 million |
Return on assets TTM | 7.05% |
Return on equity TTM | 14.17% |
Profit margin | 14.18% |
Book value | $1.396 |
Market capitalisation | USD$222.2 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 1.2 million Smith Micro Software shares held short by investors – that's known as Smith Micro Software's "short interest". This figure is 5.4% down from 1.3 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Smith Micro Software shares can be evaluated.
Smith Micro Software's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Smith Micro Software shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Smith Micro Software shares traded daily (recently around 504872.46963563). Smith Micro Software's SIR currently stands at 2.47. In other words for every 100,000 Smith Micro Software shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2470 shares are currently held short.
However Smith Micro Software's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Smith Micro Software shares, or, against the total number of tradable Smith Micro Software shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Smith Micro Software's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Smith Micro Software shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0357% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Smith Micro Software shares, roughly 36 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 Smith Micro Software.
Find out more about how you can short Smith Micro Software stock.
We're not expecting Smith Micro Software to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Smith Micro Software's shares were split on a 1:4 basis on 17 August 2016. So if you had owned 4 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 Smith Micro Software shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 300% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Smith Micro Software shares which in turn could have impacted Smith Micro Software's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Smith Micro Software's shares have ranged in value from as little as $3.28 up to $7.15. 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 Smith Micro Software's is 0.726. This would suggest that Smith Micro Software's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Smith Micro Software, Inc. develops and sells software to enhance the mobile experience to wireless and cable service providers worldwide. The company provides SafePath Family, a platform that provides family real time location, protection, and parental control services; and SafePath Internet of Things, a platform that enables mobile service providers to deliver a connected digital life experience through child and elderly wearable locators, pet trackers, car trackers, and connected home security devices. It also offers SafePath Home, a cloud managed platform that extends to connected devices in the home through a router agent that integrates with 5G modems and broadband routers to enable parental controls and remote monitoring; and CommSuite that allows users to manage voice messages, as well as voice-to-text transcription messaging. In addition, the company provides ViewSpot, a retail display management platform that provides on-screen and interactive demos to wireless carriers and retailers, as well as offers analytical capabilities; and technical support and customer services. Smith Micro Software, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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