How to buy S-and-W Seed Company stock | $2.82

S&W Seed Company is a farm products business based in the US. S-and-W Seed Company shares (SANW) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. S-and-W Seed Company employs 168 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$81.2 million.

How to buy shares in S-and-W Seed Company

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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 S-and-W Seed Company. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: SANW. 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 S-and-W Seed Company 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$2.82, 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 S-and-W Seed Company, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of S-and-W Seed Company. 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.

S-and-W Seed Company share price

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S-and-W Seed Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-29.

Latest market close	USD$2.82
52-week range	USD$1.67 - USD$3.98
50-day moving average	USD$2.6109
200-day moving average	USD$2.5216
Wall St. target price	USD$5.33
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.31

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Is it a good time to buy S-and-W Seed Company stock?

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S-and-W Seed Company price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $2.82 from 2020-12-18

1 week (2021-01-12)	N/A
1 month (2020-12-23)	-8.14%
3 months (2020-10-19)	N/A
6 months (2020-07-19)	N/A

1 year (2020-01-19)	N/A
2 years (2019-01-19)	N/A
3 years (2018-01-19)	N/A
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Is S-and-W Seed Company under- or over-valued?

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

S-and-W Seed Company's EBITDA

S-and-W Seed Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$9 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a S-and-W Seed Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

S-and-W Seed Company financials

Revenue TTM	USD$81.2 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$14.9 million
Return on assets TTM	-8.21%
Return on equity TTM	-25.83%
Profit margin	-27.01%
Book value	$2.238
Market capitalisation	USD$96.1 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting S-and-W Seed Company shares

There are currently 24,585 S-and-W Seed Company shares held short by investors – that's known as S-and-W Seed Company's "short interest". This figure is 5.4% up from 23,317 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting S-and-W Seed Company shares can be evaluated.

S-and-W Seed Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

S-and-W Seed Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of S-and-W Seed Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of S-and-W Seed Company shares traded daily (recently around 51218.75). S-and-W Seed Company's SIR currently stands at 0.48. In other words for every 100,000 S-and-W Seed Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 480 shares are currently held short.

However S-and-W Seed Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of S-and-W Seed Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable S-and-W Seed Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case S-and-W Seed Company's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 S-and-W Seed Company shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.002% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable S-and-W Seed Company shares, roughly 2 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 S-and-W Seed Company.

Find out more about how you can short S-and-W Seed Company stock.

S-and-W Seed Company share dividends

We're not expecting S-and-W Seed Company to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

S-and-W Seed Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, S-and-W Seed Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.67 up to $3.98. 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 S-and-W Seed Company's is 0.6614. This would suggest that S-and-W Seed Company's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

S-and-W Seed Company overview

S&W Seed Company, an agricultural company, engages in breeding, growing, processing, and selling alfalfa and sorghum seeds. It also offers sunflower, wheat germplasm, wheat, and pasture seeds. The company sells its seeds to distributors and dealers in 40 countries. S&W Seed Company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Longmont, Colorado.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of S-and-W Seed Company is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 2.994% of S-and-W Seed Company shares are held by insiders and 78.04% by institutions.

• How many people work for S-and-W Seed Company?

  Latest data suggests 168 work at S-and-W Seed Company.

• When does the fiscal year end for S-and-W Seed Company?

  S-and-W Seed Company's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is S-and-W Seed Company based?

  S-and-W Seed Company's address is: 2101 Ken Pratt Boulevard, Longmont, CO, United States, 80501-6085

• What is S-and-W Seed Company's ISIN number?

  S-and-W Seed Company's international securities identification number is: US7851351046

• What is S-and-W Seed Company's CUSIP number?

  S-and-W Seed Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 785135104