How to buy Tenaris S-A stock | $15.95

Tenaris S.A is an oil & gas equipment & services business based in the US. Tenaris S-A shares (TS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Tenaris S-A employs 23,200 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$5.8 billion.

How to buy shares in Tenaris S-A

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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 Tenaris S-A. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: TS. 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 Tenaris S-A 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$15.95, 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 Tenaris S-A, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Tenaris S-A. 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.

Tenaris S-A share price

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Tenaris S-A shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-03.

Latest market close	USD$15.95
52-week range	USD$8.6134 - USD$22.2813
50-day moving average	USD$12.4126
200-day moving average	USD$12.2551
Wall St. target price	USD$15.62
PE ratio	13.881
Dividend yield	USD$0.28 (1.76%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.384

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Tenaris S-A price performance over time

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Is Tenaris S-A under- or over-valued?

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

Tenaris S-A's P/E ratio

Tenaris S-A's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 14x. In other words, Tenaris S-A shares trade at around 14x 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.

Tenaris S-A's PEG ratio

Tenaris S-A's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.6734. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Tenaris S-A's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Tenaris S-A's EBITDA

Tenaris S-A's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$709.4 million.

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

Tenaris S-A financials

Revenue TTM	USD$5.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	2.74%
Gross profit TTM	USD$2.3 billion
Return on assets TTM	0.68%
Return on equity TTM	-5.13%
Profit margin	-10.24%
Book value	$18.944
Market capitalisation	USD$9.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Tenaris S-A shares

There are currently 8.3 million Tenaris S-A shares held short by investors – that's known as Tenaris S-A's "short interest". This figure is 44.5% up from 5.7 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Tenaris S-A shares can be evaluated.

Tenaris S-A's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Tenaris S-A's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Tenaris S-A shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Tenaris S-A shares traded daily (recently around 2.4 million). Tenaris S-A's SIR currently stands at 3.38. In other words for every 100,000 Tenaris S-A shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3380 shares are currently held short.

However Tenaris S-A's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Tenaris S-A shares, or, against the total number of tradable Tenaris S-A shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Tenaris S-A's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Tenaris S-A shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Tenaris S-A shares, roughly 0 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 Tenaris S-A.

Find out more about how you can short Tenaris S-A stock.

Tenaris S-A share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 1166.67% of net profits

Recently Tenaris S-A has paid out, on average, around 1166.67% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.76% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Tenaris S-A shareholders could enjoy a 1.76% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Tenaris S-A's case, that would currently equate to about $0.28 per share.

Tenaris S-A's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Tenaris S-A's most recent dividend payout was on 20 May 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 23 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Tenaris S-A's shares ever split?

Tenaris S-A's shares were split on a 5:1 basis on 27 April 2006. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 5 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Tenaris S-A shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 80% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Tenaris S-A shares which in turn could have impacted Tenaris S-A's share price.

Tenaris S-A share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Tenaris S-A's shares have ranged in value from as little as $8.6134 up to $22.2813. 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 Tenaris S-A's is 1.8253. This would suggest that Tenaris S-A's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Tenaris S-A overview

Tenaris S.A., through its subsidiaries, produces and sells seamless and welded steel tubular products; and provides related services for the oil and gas industry, and other industrial applications. The company offers products for oil and gas drilling operations, such as casing and tubing products, premium connections, drill pipes, coiled tubing, hot-rolled and cold-drawn seamless tubes, perforating guns, tubular and non-tubular accessories, and devices. It also provides offshore line pipe products, including top tensioned and steel catenary risers, export lines and flowlines, bends, corrosion resistant alloys, coiled line pipes, umbilical tubings, and coated pipes; and seamless and welded tubes for onshore line pipe; various seamless steel tubes and pipes for refineries, petrochemical, and gas-processing plants; and tubular products for the power generation industry. In addition, the company offers sucker rods, couplings, and accessories, as well as technical support services; hot-rolled and cold-drawn seamless steel tubes and components for use in standard mechanical engineering application, and civil and industrial installations, as well as for manufacturing earth-moving machines, architectural structures, non-oil drilling systems, and gas cylinders; and seamless tubes and tube-based components for car manufacturers and their suppliers. Additionally, it offers financial services. The company operates in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Tenaris S.A. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Tenaris S.A. is a subsidiary of Techint Holdings S.à r.l.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Tenaris S-A is owned by institutions?

  Currently 13.021% of Tenaris S-A shares are held by institutions.

• How many people work for Tenaris S-A?

  Latest data suggests 23,200 work at Tenaris S-A.

• When does the fiscal year end for Tenaris S-A?

  Tenaris S-A's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Tenaris S-A based?

  Tenaris S-A's address is: 26, Boulevard Royal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 2449

• What is Tenaris S-A's ISIN number?

  Tenaris S-A's international securities identification number is: US88031M1099

• What is Tenaris S-A's CUSIP number?

  Tenaris S-A's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 88031M109