How to buy Standex International Corporation stock | $83.24

Standex International Corporation is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. Standex International Corporation shares (SXI) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Standex International Corporation employs 3,800 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$599.8 million.

How to buy shares in Standex International Corporation

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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 Standex International Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: SXI. 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 Standex International Corporation 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$83.24, 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 Standex International Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Standex International Corporation. 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.

Standex International Corporation share price

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Standex International Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-01-13.

Latest market close	USD$83.24
52-week range	USD$37.0393 - USD$87.3
50-day moving average	USD$78.3045
200-day moving average	USD$65.1987
Wall St. target price	USD$93
PE ratio	59.4303
Dividend yield	USD$0.96 (1.15%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.413

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Standex International Corporation price performance over time

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Is Standex International Corporation under- or over-valued?

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

Standex International Corporation's P/E ratio

Standex International Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 59x. In other words, Standex International Corporation shares trade at around 59x 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.

Standex International Corporation's PEG ratio

Standex International Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.5496. 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 Standex International Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Standex International Corporation's EBITDA

Standex International Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$98.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Standex International Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Standex International Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$599.8 million
Operating margin TTM	10.95%
Gross profit TTM	USD$215.5 million
Return on assets TTM	4.34%
Return on equity TTM	8.59%
Profit margin	2.91%
Book value	$39.052
Market capitalisation	USD$1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Standex International Corporation shares

There are currently 151,385 Standex International Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Standex International Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 3.7% up from 145,985 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Standex International Corporation shares can be evaluated.

Standex International Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Standex International Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Standex International Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Standex International Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 43752.89017341). Standex International Corporation's SIR currently stands at 3.46. In other words for every 100,000 Standex International Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3460 shares are currently held short.

However Standex International Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Standex International Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Standex International Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Standex International Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Standex International Corporation shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0188% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Standex International Corporation shares, roughly 19 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 Standex International Corporation.

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Standex International Corporation share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 25% of net profits

Recently Standex International Corporation has paid out, on average, around 25% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.15% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Standex International Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 1.15% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Standex International Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.96 per share.

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

Standex International Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 25 November 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 9 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Standex International Corporation's shares ever split?

Standex International Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 26 May 1993. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Standex International Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Standex International Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Standex International Corporation's share price.

Standex International Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Standex International Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $37.0393 up to $87.3. 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 Standex International Corporation's is 1.3645. This would suggest that Standex International Corporation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Standex International Corporation overview

Standex International Corporation, together with subsidiaries, manufactures and sells various products and services for commercial and industrial markets in the United States and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Electronics, Engraving, Scientific, Engineering Technologies, and Specialty Solutions. The Electronics segment offers reed relays, fluid level, proximity, motion, flow, HVAC condensate, hydraulic pressure differential, and custom electronics sensors; and current sense and advanced planar transformer technologies, value added assemblies, and mechanical packaging, as well as custom wound transformers and inductors for low and high frequency applications. The Engraving provides mold texturizing, slush molding tools, roll engraving, hygiene product tooling, and low observation vents, as well as project management and design services for stealth aircraft; and process machinery for industries. The Scientific segment offers temperature controlled equipment for the medical, scientific, pharmaceutical, biotech, and industrial markets. The Engineering Technologies segment offers net and near net formed single-source customized solutions that are used in the manufacture of engineered components for the aviation, aerospace, defense, energy, industrial, medical, marine, oil and gas, and manned and unmanned space markets. The Specialty Solutions segment manufactures and sells refrigerated, heated and dry merchandizing display cases, custom fluid pump solutions, single and double acting telescopic, and piston rod hydraulic cylinders. Standex International Corporation was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Standex International Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 2.48% of Standex International Corporation shares are held by insiders and 92.16% by institutions.

• How many people work for Standex International Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 3,800 work at Standex International Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Standex International Corporation?

  Standex International Corporation's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is Standex International Corporation based?

  Standex International Corporation's address is: 23 Keewaydin Drive, Salem, NH, United States, 03079

• What is Standex International Corporation's ISIN number?

  Standex International Corporation's international securities identification number is: US8542311076

• What is Standex International Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Standex International Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 854231107