How to buy Stamps-com stock | 267.3

Stamps.com Inc is a software—application business based in the US. Stamps-com shares (STMP) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Stamps-com employs 1,313 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$655.2 million.

How to buy shares in Stamps-com

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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 Stamps-com. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: STMP. 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 Stamps-com 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$267.3, 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 Stamps-com, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Stamps-com. 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 Stamps-com's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Stamps-com's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$267.3, which is 34.73% up on its pre-crash value of USD$174.47 and 265.46% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$73.14.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Stamps-com shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$1,613.79 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$3,651.32.

Stamps-com share price

Use our graph to track the performance of STMP stocks over time.

Stamps-com shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$267.3
52-week range	USD$73.14 - USD$288
50-day moving average	USD$242.0797
200-day moving average	USD$211.9241
Wall St. target price	USD$339
PE ratio	50.7869
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$5.399

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Is it a good time to buy Stamps-com stock?

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Stamps-com price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $267.3 from 2020-10-16

1 week (2020-10-22)	2.94%
1 month (2020-09-29)	10.15%
3 months (2020-07-29)	5.32%
6 months (2020-04-29)	64.35%

1 year (2019-10-29)	211.79%
2 years (2018-10-29)	44.42%
3 years (2017-10-27)	21.39%
5 years (2015-10-29)	262.98%

Is Stamps-com under- or over-valued?

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

Stamps-com's P/E ratio

Stamps-com's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 51x. In other words, Stamps-com shares trade at around 51x 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.

Stamps-com's PEG ratio

Stamps-com's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.0924. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Stamps-com's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Stamps-com's EBITDA

Stamps-com's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$160.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Stamps-com's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Stamps-com financials

Revenue TTM	USD$655.2 million
Operating margin TTM	20.34%
Gross profit TTM	USD$416.6 million
Return on assets TTM	9.08%
Return on equity TTM	14.17%
Profit margin	14.91%
Book value	$43.946
Market capitalisation	USD$4.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Stamps-com shares

There are currently 1.0 million Stamps-com shares held short by investors – that's known as Stamps-com's "short interest". This figure is 17.5% up from 879,502 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Stamps-com shares can be evaluated.

Stamps-com's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Stamps-com's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Stamps-com shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Stamps-com shares traded daily (recently around 308578.20895522). Stamps-com's SIR currently stands at 3.35. In other words for every 100,000 Stamps-com shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3350 shares are currently held short.

However Stamps-com's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Stamps-com shares, or, against the total number of tradable Stamps-com shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Stamps-com's short interest could be expressed as 0.06% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Stamps-com shares in existence, roughly 60 shares are currently held short) or 0.0819% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Stamps-com shares, roughly 82 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 Stamps-com.

Find out more about how you can short Stamps-com stock.

Stamps-com share dividends

We're not expecting Stamps-com to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Stamps-com's shares ever split?

Stamps-com's shares were split on a 1:2 basis on 12 May 2004. So if you had owned 2 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 Stamps-com shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 100% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Stamps-com shares which in turn could have impacted Stamps-com's share price.

Stamps-com share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Stamps-com's shares have ranged in value from as little as $73.14 up to $288. 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 Stamps-com's is 0.4981. This would suggest that Stamps-com's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Stamps-com overview

Stamps.com Inc. provides Internet-based mailing and shipping solutions in the United States and Europe. It operates through Stamps.com and MetaPack segments. The company offers mailing and shipping solutions to mail and ship various mail pieces and packages through the United States Postal Service (USPS) under the Stamps.com, Endicia, ShipEngine, ShipStation, ShipWorks, and ShippingEasy brands. Its solutions support various USPS mail classes, including First Class Mail, Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, Media Mail, Parcel Select, and others. The company's USPS mailing and shipping solutions enable users to print electronic postage directly onto envelopes, postcards, or labels using personal computing device, printer, and Internet connection. It also provides multi carrier shipping solutions under the MetaPack brand; mailing and shipping integration solutions comprising electronic postage for transactions to partners who manage the front-end process; branded insurance to insure mails or packages; and international postage solutions. In addition, the company offers customized postage solutions under the PhotoStamps brand, which allow consumers to turn digital photos, designs, or images into USPS-approved postage; and sells NetStamps labels, shipping labels, mailing labels, postage printers, scales, and other mailing and shipping-focused office supplies through its mailing and shipping supplies stores, as well as domestic and international shipping services. It serves individuals, small businesses, home offices, medium-size businesses, large enterprises, e-commerce merchants, large retailers, and warehouse shippers. The company was formerly known as StampMaster, Inc. and changed its name to Stamps.com Inc. in December 1998. Stamps.com Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Stamps-com is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 4.193% of Stamps-com shares are held by insiders and 97.321% by institutions.

• How many people work for Stamps-com?

  Latest data suggests 1,313 work at Stamps-com.

• When does the fiscal year end for Stamps-com?

  Stamps-com's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Stamps-com based?

  Stamps-com's address is: 1990 East Grand Avenue, El Segundo, CA, United States, 90245-5013

• What is Stamps-com's ISIN number?

  Stamps-com's international securities identification number is: US8528572006

• What is Stamps-com's CUSIP number?

  Stamps-com's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 852857101