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How to buy STRATA Skin Sciences stock

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STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc is a medical devices business based in the US. STRATA Skin Sciences shares (SSKN) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. STRATA Skin Sciences employs 109 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

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  1. SSKN shares summary
  2. Compare share dealing platforms
  3. Is SSKN stock a buy or sell?
  4. Stock performance over time
  5. Can I short SSKN shares?
  6. STRATA Skin Sciences's financials
  7. How volatile are SSKN shares?
  8. Does STRATA Skin Sciences pay a dividend?
  9. Have SSKN shares ever split?
  10. Other common questions

STRATA Skin Sciences share price

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STRATA Skin Sciences shares at a glance

Information last updated 2021-04-23.
52-week range$1.00 - $2.84
50-day moving average $1.73
200-day moving average $1.64
Wall St. target price$4.00
PE ratio N/A
Dividend yield N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM) $-0.24

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Is STRATA Skin Sciences under- or over-valued?

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

STRATA Skin Sciences's EBITDA

STRATA Skin Sciences's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $78,000.

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

STRATA Skin Sciences financials

Revenue TTM $23.1 million
Gross profit TTM $14.1 million
Return on assets TTM -5.41%
Return on equity TTM -16.18%
Profit margin -19.11%
Book value $0.77
Market capitalisation $59.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting STRATA Skin Sciences shares

There are currently 337,136 STRATA Skin Sciences shares held short by investors – that's known as STRATA Skin Sciences's "short interest". This figure is 197.1% up from 113,460 last month.

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

STRATA Skin Sciences's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

STRATA Skin Sciences's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of STRATA Skin Sciences shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of STRATA Skin Sciences shares traded daily (recently around 1.5 million). STRATA Skin Sciences's SIR currently stands at 0.23. In other words for every 100,000 STRATA Skin Sciences shares traded daily on the market, roughly 230 shares are currently held short.

However STRATA Skin Sciences's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of STRATA Skin Sciences shares, or, against the total number of tradable STRATA Skin Sciences shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case STRATA Skin Sciences's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 STRATA Skin Sciences shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.02% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable STRATA Skin Sciences shares, roughly 20 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 STRATA Skin Sciences.

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STRATA Skin Sciences share dividends

We're not expecting STRATA Skin Sciences to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have STRATA Skin Sciences's shares ever split?

STRATA Skin Sciences's shares were split on a 1:5 basis on 6 April 2017. So if you had owned 5 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 STRATA Skin Sciences shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 400% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for STRATA Skin Sciences shares which in turn could have impacted STRATA Skin Sciences's share price.

STRATA Skin Sciences share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, STRATA Skin Sciences's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1 up to $2.84. 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 STRATA Skin Sciences's is 2.5168. This would suggest that STRATA Skin Sciences's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

STRATA Skin Sciences overview

STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc. , a medical technology company, develops, commercializes, and markets products for the treatment of dermatologic conditions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, South Africa, and Central and South America. The company operates in two segments, Dermatology Recurring Procedures and Dermatology Procedures Equipment. Its products include XTRAC excimer laser and VTRAC lamp systems that are used for the treatment of psoriasis, vitiligo, atopic dermatitis, eczema, and other skin disorders. The company distributes its products internationally through distributors, and domestically directly to physicians. The company was formerly known as MELA Sciences, Inc and changed its name to STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc. in January 2016.

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