How to buy Teleflex Incorporated stock

Teleflex Incorporated is a medical instruments & supplies business based in the US. Teleflex Incorporated shares (TFX) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Teleflex Incorporated employs 14,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$2.5 billion.

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Teleflex Incorporated shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-03-03.

52-week range	USD$220.6438 - USD$414.72
50-day moving average	USD$393.3982
200-day moving average	USD$375.8325
Wall St. target price	USD$455.09
PE ratio	56.9506
Dividend yield	USD$1.36 (0.34%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$7.09

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Teleflex Incorporated financials

Revenue TTM	USD$2.5 billion
Operating margin TTM	16.95%
Gross profit TTM	USD$1.3 billion
Return on assets TTM	3.99%
Return on equity TTM	10.63%
Profit margin	13.22%
Book value	$71.475
Market capitalisation	USD$18.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Teleflex Incorporated shares

There are currently 524,386 Teleflex Incorporated shares held short by investors – that's known as Teleflex Incorporated's "short interest". This figure is 16.6% down from 628,800 last month.

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

Teleflex Incorporated's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Teleflex Incorporated's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Teleflex Incorporated shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Teleflex Incorporated shares traded daily (recently around 192082.78388278). Teleflex Incorporated's SIR currently stands at 2.73. In other words for every 100,000 Teleflex Incorporated shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2730 shares are currently held short.

However Teleflex Incorporated's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Teleflex Incorporated shares, or, against the total number of tradable Teleflex Incorporated shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Teleflex Incorporated's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Teleflex Incorporated shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0146% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Teleflex Incorporated 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 Teleflex Incorporated.

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Teleflex Incorporated'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 Teleflex Incorporated.

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

Teleflex Incorporated's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 35.61

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Teleflex Incorporated's overall score of 35.61 (as at 01/01/2019) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 58th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

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

Teleflex Incorporated's environmental score

Environmental score: 9.64/100

Teleflex Incorporated's environmental score of 9.64 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Teleflex Incorporated is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Teleflex Incorporated's social score

Social score: 20.95/100

Teleflex Incorporated's social score of 20.95 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Teleflex Incorporated is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Teleflex Incorporated's governance score

Governance score: 13.53/100

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

Teleflex Incorporated's controversy score

Controversy score: 2/5

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

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Teleflex Incorporated was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	35.61
Total ESG percentile	58.08
Environmental score	9.64
Environmental score percentile	7
Social score	20.95
Social score percentile	7
Governance score	13.53
Governance score percentile	7
Level of controversy	2

Have Teleflex Incorporated's shares ever split?

Teleflex Incorporated's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 17 June 1997. 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 Teleflex Incorporated shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Teleflex Incorporated shares which in turn could have impacted Teleflex Incorporated's share price.

Teleflex Incorporated share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Teleflex Incorporated's shares have ranged in value from as little as $220.6438 up to $414.72. 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 (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Teleflex Incorporated's is 1.2054. This would suggest that Teleflex Incorporated'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).

Teleflex Incorporated overview

Teleflex Incorporated designs, develops, manufactures, and supplies single-use medical devices for common diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in critical care and surgical applications worldwide. It provides vascular access products that comprise Arrow branded catheters and related devices, including catheter positioning systems for use in the administration of intravenous therapies, the measurement of blood pressure, and the withdrawal of blood samples through a single puncture site. The company also offers interventional products consist of various coronary catheters, structural heart therapies, and peripheral intervention and cardiac assist products that are used by interventional cardiologists and radiologists, and vascular surgeons; and Arrow branded catheters, Guideline and Trapliner catheters, the Manta Vascular Closure, and Arrow Oncontrol devices. It provides anesthesia products, such as airway and pain management products to support hospital, emergency medicine, and military channels; and surgical products, including metal and polymer ligation clips, and fascial closure surgical systems that are used in laparoscopic surgical procedures, percutaneous surgical systems, and other surgical instruments. The company also offers interventional urology product comprises the UroLift System, an invasive technology for treating lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia; and respiratory products, including oxygen and aerosol therapies, spirometry, and ventilation management products for use in various care settings. It provides urology products, such as catheters, urine collectors, and catheterization accessories and products for operative endourology; and bladder management for patients in the hospital and individuals in the home care markets. The company serves hospitals and healthcare providers, medical device manufacturers, and home care markets. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Teleflex Incorporated is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.342% of Teleflex Incorporated shares are held by insiders and 92.763% by institutions.

• How many people work for Teleflex Incorporated?

  Latest data suggests 14,000 work at Teleflex Incorporated.

• When does the fiscal year end for Teleflex Incorporated?

  Teleflex Incorporated's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Teleflex Incorporated based?

  Teleflex Incorporated's address is: 550 East Swedesford Road, Wayne, PA, United States, 19087-1603

• What is Teleflex Incorporated's ISIN number?

  Teleflex Incorporated's international securities identification number is: US8793691069

• What is Teleflex Incorporated's CUSIP number?

  Teleflex Incorporated's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 879369106