How to buy Sypris Solutions stock | $1.52

Sypris Solutions, Inc is an auto parts business based in the US. Sypris Solutions shares (SYPR) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Sypris Solutions employs 630 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$83.4 million.

How to buy shares in Sypris Solutions

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3. Search for Sypris Solutions. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: SYPR. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
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5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$1.52, 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 Sypris Solutions, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Sypris Solutions. 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.

Sypris Solutions share price

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Sypris Solutions shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-29.

Latest market close	USD$1.52
52-week range	USD$0.5385 - USD$1.95
50-day moving average	USD$1.4032
200-day moving average	USD$1.1321
Wall St. target price	USD$1.25
PE ratio	15.3192
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.094

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Is it a good time to buy Sypris Solutions stock?

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Sypris Solutions price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $1.52 from 2020-12-31

1 week (2021-01-06)	3.40%
1 month (2020-12-13)	N/A
3 months (2020-10-13)	27.73%
6 months (2020-07-13)	105.41%

1 year (2020-01-13)	72.73%
2 years (2019-01-13)	N/A
3 years (2018-01-13)	N/A
5 years (2016-01-13)	67.03%

Is Sypris Solutions under- or over-valued?

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

Sypris Solutions's P/E ratio

Sypris Solutions's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 15x. In other words, Sypris Solutions shares trade at around 15x 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.

Sypris Solutions's EBITDA

Sypris Solutions's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$1.2 million.

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

Sypris Solutions financials

Revenue TTM	USD$83.4 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$9.9 million
Return on assets TTM	-1.21%
Return on equity TTM	13.86%
Profit margin	2.38%
Book value	$0.724
Market capitalisation	USD$30.7 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Sypris Solutions shares

There are currently 7,382 Sypris Solutions shares held short by investors – that's known as Sypris Solutions's "short interest". This figure is 91.7% down from 89,081 last month.

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

Sypris Solutions's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Sypris Solutions's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Sypris Solutions shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Sypris Solutions shares traded daily (recently around 246066.66666667). Sypris Solutions's SIR currently stands at 0.03. In other words for every 100,000 Sypris Solutions shares traded daily on the market, roughly 30 shares are currently held short.

However Sypris Solutions's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Sypris Solutions shares, or, against the total number of tradable Sypris Solutions shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Sypris Solutions's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Sypris Solutions shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0006% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Sypris Solutions shares, roughly 1 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 Sypris Solutions.

Find out more about how you can short Sypris Solutions stock.

Sypris Solutions share dividends

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

Have Sypris Solutions's shares ever split?

Sypris Solutions's shares were split on a 1:4 basis on 30 March 1998. So if you had owned 4 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 Sypris Solutions shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 300% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Sypris Solutions shares which in turn could have impacted Sypris Solutions's share price.

Sypris Solutions share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Sypris Solutions's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.5385 up to $1.95. 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 Sypris Solutions's is 1.6882. This would suggest that Sypris Solutions's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Sypris Solutions overview

Sypris Solutions, Inc. provides truck components, oil and gas pipeline components, and aerospace and defense electronics primarily in North America and Mexico. It operates through two segments, Sypris Technologies and Sypris Electronics. The Sypris Technologies segment supplies forged, machined, welded, and heat-treated steel components for the commercial vehicle, off highway vehicle, light truck, automotive, and energy markets. This segment also offers drive train components, including axle shafts, transmission shafts, gear sets, steer axle knuckles, and other components for automotive and truck manufacturers. In addition, it provides value added operations for drive train assemblies; and manufactures pressure closures and other fabricated products for oil and gas pipelines. The Sypris Electronics segment offers electronic manufacturing services, such as circuit card and full box build manufacturing, high reliability manufacturing, systems assembly and integration, design for manufacturability, and design for specification work for aerospace and defense electronics market. This segment also provides circuit card assembly services for electronic sensors and systems, including radar and targeting systems, tactical ground stations, navigation systems, weapons systems, and targeting and warning systems; and value added solutions, such as low-volume prototype assembly and high-volume turnkey manufacturing. The company also offers engineering design and repair or inspection services. In addition, it sells its engineered product under the Tube Turns brand. The company was incorporated in 1977 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Sypris Solutions is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 49.178% of Sypris Solutions shares are held by insiders and 6.35% by institutions.

• How many people work for Sypris Solutions?

  Latest data suggests 630 work at Sypris Solutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Sypris Solutions?

  Sypris Solutions's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Sypris Solutions based?

  Sypris Solutions's address is: One Oxmoor Place, Louisville, KY, United States, 40222

• What is Sypris Solutions's ISIN number?

  Sypris Solutions's international securities identification number is: US8716551069

• What is Sypris Solutions's CUSIP number?

  Sypris Solutions's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 399448109