How to buy Superior Group of Companies stock

Superior Group of Companies, Inc is an apparel manufacturing business based in the US. Superior Group of Companies shares (SGC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Superior Group of Companies employs 4,600 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

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Superior Group of Companies shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-23.

52-week range	$6.91 - $28.23
50-day moving average	$25.16
200-day moving average	$24.31
Wall St. target price	$29.00
PE ratio	9.3585
Dividend yield	$0.3 (1.22%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$2.65

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Is Superior Group of Companies under- or over-valued?

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

Superior Group of Companies's P/E ratio

Superior Group of Companies's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, Superior Group of Companies shares trade at around 9x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Superior Group of Companies's EBITDA

Superior Group of Companies's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $63.5 million.

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

Superior Group of Companies financials

Revenue TTM	$526.7 million
Operating margin TTM	10.52%
Gross profit TTM	$188.8 million
Return on assets TTM	9.2%
Return on equity TTM	23.5%
Profit margin	7.79%
Book value	$12.45
Market capitalisation	$385.5 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Superior Group of Companies shares

There are currently 173,368 Superior Group of Companies shares held short by investors – that's known as Superior Group of Companies's "short interest". This figure is 6.7% up from 162,449 last month.

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

Superior Group of Companies's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Superior Group of Companies's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Superior Group of Companies shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Superior Group of Companies shares traded daily (recently around 77396.428571429). Superior Group of Companies's SIR currently stands at 2.24. In other words for every 100,000 Superior Group of Companies shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2240 shares are currently held short.

However Superior Group of Companies's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Superior Group of Companies shares, or, against the total number of tradable Superior Group of Companies shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Superior Group of Companies's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Superior Group of Companies shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0151% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Superior Group of Companies shares, roughly 15 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 Superior Group of Companies.

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Superior Group of Companies share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 15.79% of net profits

Recently Superior Group of Companies has paid out, on average, around 15.79% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.61% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Superior Group of Companies shareholders could enjoy a 1.61% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Superior Group of Companies's case, that would currently equate to about $0.3 per share.

While Superior Group of Companies's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Superior Group of Companies is investing more in its future growth.

Superior Group of Companies's most recent dividend payout was on 25 February 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 10 February 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Superior Group of Companies's shares ever split?

Superior Group of Companies's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 4 February 2015. 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 Superior Group of Companies shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Superior Group of Companies shares which in turn could have impacted Superior Group of Companies's share price.

Superior Group of Companies share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Superior Group of Companies's shares have ranged in value from as little as $6.9099 up to $28.23. 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 Superior Group of Companies's is 0.8825. This would suggest that Superior Group of Companies's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Superior Group of Companies overview

Superior Group of Companies, Inc. manufactures and sells apparel and accessories in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Uniforms and Related Products, Remote Staffing Solutions, and Promotional Products. The Uniforms and Related Products segment manufactures and sells a range of uniforms, corporate identity apparel, career apparel, and accessories for personnel of hospitals and health facilities; hotels; food and other restaurants; retail stores; special purpose industrial facilities; commercial markets; transportation; public and private safety and security organizations; and miscellaneous service uses. It also provides various products directly related to uniforms and service apparel; industrial laundry bags for linen suppliers and industrial launderers; personal protective equipment; and promotional and related products for branded marketing programs, event promotions, employee and consumer rewards and incentives, and specialty packaging and displays. This segment sells its products under the Fashion Seal Healthcare, HPI, and WonderWink brand names. The Remote Staffing Solutions segment provides multilingual telemarketing and business process outsourced solutions through the recruitment and employment of qualified English-speaking agents.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Superior Group of Companies is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 30.805% of Superior Group of Companies shares are held by insiders and 42.081% by institutions.

• How many people work for Superior Group of Companies?

  Latest data suggests 4,600 work at Superior Group of Companies.

• When does the fiscal year end for Superior Group of Companies?

  Superior Group of Companies's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Superior Group of Companies based?

  Superior Group of Companies's address is: 10055 Seminole Boulevard, Seminole, FL, United States, 33772

• What is Superior Group of Companies's ISIN number?

  Superior Group of Companies's international securities identification number is: US8683581024

• What is Superior Group of Companies's CUSIP number?

  Superior Group of Companies's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 868358102