How to buy Stericycle stock | 66.24

Stericycle, Inc is a waste management business based in the US. Stericycle shares (SRCL) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Stericycle employs 19,500 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$3 billion.

How to buy shares in Stericycle

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
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 Stericycle. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: SRCL. 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 Stericycle 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$66.24, 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 Stericycle, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Stericycle. 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 Stericycle's share price?

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

Its last market close was USD$66.24, which is 1.40% up on its pre-crash value of USD$65.31 and 72.28% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$38.45.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Stericycle shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$642.09 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$1,045.27.

Stericycle share price

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

Stericycle shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$66.24
52-week range	USD$38.45 - USD$67.6
50-day moving average	USD$63.486
200-day moving average	USD$57.7195
Wall St. target price	USD$67.67
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-4.114

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Is it a good time to buy Stericycle stock?

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Stericycle price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $66.24 from 2020-10-16

1 week (2020-10-12)	-0.17%
1 month (2020-09-18)	4.84%
3 months (2020-07-20)	13.58%
6 months (2020-04-20)	40.85%

1 year (2019-10-18)	22.36%
2 years (2018-10-19)	24.86%
3 years (2017-10-20)	-8.87%
5 years (2015-10-20)	-55.82%

Is Stericycle under- or over-valued?

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

Stericycle's PEG ratio

Stericycle's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.7428. 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 Stericycle's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Stericycle's EBITDA

Stericycle's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$520.4 million.

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

Stericycle financials

Revenue TTM	USD$3 billion
Operating margin TTM	8.85%
Gross profit TTM	USD$1.2 billion
Return on assets TTM	2.66%
Return on equity TTM	-12.44%
Profit margin	-10.05%
Book value	$25.045
Market capitalisation	USD$6.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Stericycle shares

There are currently 4.6 million Stericycle shares held short by investors – that's known as Stericycle's "short interest". This figure is 4.5% down from 4.8 million last month.

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

Stericycle's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Stericycle's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Stericycle shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Stericycle shares traded daily (recently around 421400.3652968). Stericycle's SIR currently stands at 10.95. In other words for every 100,000 Stericycle shares traded daily on the market, roughly 10950 shares are currently held short.

However Stericycle's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Stericycle shares, or, against the total number of tradable Stericycle shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Stericycle's short interest could be expressed as 0.05% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Stericycle shares in existence, roughly 50 shares are currently held short) or 0.0505% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Stericycle shares, roughly 51 shares are currently held short).

A SIR above 10% would generally be considered pretty high, pointing to a potentially pessimistic outlook for the share price and a discouraging interest in betting against Stericycle.

Find out more about how you can short Stericycle stock.

Stericycle'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 Stericycle.

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

Stericycle's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 32.41

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Stericycle's overall score of 32.41 (as at 10/01/2020) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 47th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Stericycle 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.).

Stericycle's environmental score

Environmental score: 20.93/100

Stericycle's environmental score of 20.93 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Stericycle is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Stericycle's social score

Social score: 12.14/100

Stericycle's social score of 12.14 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Stericycle is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Stericycle's governance score

Governance score: 8.34/100

Stericycle's governance score puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Stericycle is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Stericycle's controversy score

Controversy score: 2/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Stericycle scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Stericycle has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Stericycle, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2020-10-01.

Total ESG score	32.41
Total ESG percentile	47.4
Environmental score	20.93
Environmental score percentile	7
Social score	12.14
Social score percentile	7
Governance score	8.34
Governance score percentile	7
Level of controversy	2

Stericycle share dividends

We're not expecting Stericycle to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Stericycle's shares ever split?

Stericycle's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 1 June 2007. 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 Stericycle shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Stericycle shares which in turn could have impacted Stericycle's share price.

Stericycle share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Stericycle's shares have ranged in value from as little as $38.45 up to $67.6. 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 Stericycle's is 1.2074. This would suggest that Stericycle's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Stericycle overview

Stericycle, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides regulated and compliance solutions to the healthcare, retail, and commercial businesses in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: North America RWCS; International RWCS; and Domestic Communication and Related Services. It collects and processes regulated and specialized waste for disposal services; and collects personal and confidential information for secure destruction, recall/return, and communication services. The company's services also include medical waste disposal, pharmaceutical waste disposal, hazardous waste management, sustainability solutions for expired or unused inventory, secure information destruction of documents and e-media, and compliance services; and regulated recall and returns management communication, logistics, and data management services for expired, withdrawn, or recalled products. In addition, it offers compliance programs under the Steri-Safe, Clinical Services, First Practice Management, SeguriMed, and EnviroAssure brand names. The company serves healthcare businesses, including hospitals, physician and dental practices, outpatient clinics, long-term care facilities, etc.; retailers and manufacturers; financial and professional service providers; governmental entities; and other businesses. Stericycle, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Bannockburn, Illinois.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Stericycle is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.278% of Stericycle shares are held by insiders and 116.776% by institutions.

• How many people work for Stericycle?

  Latest data suggests 19,500 work at Stericycle.

• When does the fiscal year end for Stericycle?

  Stericycle's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Stericycle based?

  Stericycle's address is: 2355 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, IL, United States, 60015

• What is Stericycle's ISIN number?

  Stericycle's international securities identification number is: US8589121081

• What is Stericycle's CUSIP number?

  Stericycle's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 858912108