How to buy The Manitowoc Company stock | $12.92

The Manitowoc Company, Inc is a farm & heavy construction machinery business based in the US. The Manitowoc Company shares (MTW) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. The Manitowoc Company employs 4,900 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.5 billion.

How to buy shares in The Manitowoc 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 The Manitowoc Company. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: MTW. 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 The Manitowoc 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$12.92, 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 The Manitowoc Company, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of The Manitowoc 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.

The Manitowoc Company share price

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The Manitowoc Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-09.

Latest market close	USD$12.92
52-week range	USD$7.24 - USD$17.78
50-day moving average	USD$10.1869
200-day moving average	USD$10.0625
Wall St. target price	USD$12.3
PE ratio	44.6667
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.194

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The Manitowoc Company price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $12.92 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-12)	N/A
1 month (2020-12-23)	-4.08%
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
5 years (2016-01-19)	N/A

Is The Manitowoc Company under- or over-valued?

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

The Manitowoc Company's P/E ratio

The Manitowoc Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 45x. In other words, The Manitowoc Company shares trade at around 45x recent earnings.

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

The Manitowoc Company's PEG ratio

The Manitowoc Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.64. 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 The Manitowoc Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

The Manitowoc Company's EBITDA

The Manitowoc Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$77.3 million.

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

The Manitowoc Company financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.5 billion
Operating margin TTM	2.78%
Gross profit TTM	USD$344.1 million
Return on assets TTM	1.61%
Return on equity TTM	-1.85%
Profit margin	-0.79%
Book value	$18.221
Market capitalisation	USD$428.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting The Manitowoc Company shares

There are currently 938,990 The Manitowoc Company shares held short by investors – that's known as The Manitowoc Company's "short interest". This figure is 10.3% up from 851,669 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting The Manitowoc Company shares can be evaluated.

The Manitowoc Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

The Manitowoc Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of The Manitowoc Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of The Manitowoc Company shares traded daily (recently around 366792.96875). The Manitowoc Company's SIR currently stands at 2.56. In other words for every 100,000 The Manitowoc Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2560 shares are currently held short.

However The Manitowoc Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of The Manitowoc Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable The Manitowoc Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case The Manitowoc Company's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 The Manitowoc Company shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0275% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable The Manitowoc Company shares, roughly 28 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 The Manitowoc Company.

Find out more about how you can short The Manitowoc Company stock.

The Manitowoc Company share dividends

We're not expecting The Manitowoc Company to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have The Manitowoc Company's shares ever split?

The Manitowoc Company's shares were split on a 1:4 basis on 20 November 2017. 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 The Manitowoc Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 300% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for The Manitowoc Company shares which in turn could have impacted The Manitowoc Company's share price.

The Manitowoc Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, The Manitowoc Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $7.24 up to $17.78. 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 The Manitowoc Company's is 1.8294. This would suggest that The Manitowoc Company's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

The Manitowoc Company overview

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. provides engineered lifting equipment for the construction industry in the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It designs, manufactures, and distributes crawler-mounted lattice-boom cranes under the Manitowoc brand; a line of top-slewing and self-erecting tower cranes under the Potain brand; mobile telescopic cranes under the Grove, Shuttlelift, and National Crane brands; and a hydraulically powered telescopic boom trucks under the National Crane brand. The company also provides crane product parts and services; and crane rebuilding, remanufacturing, and training services under the Manitowoc Crane Care brand. Its products are used in various applications, including energy production/distribution and utilities; petrochemical and industrial projects; infrastructure applications, such as road, bridge, and airport construction; and commercial and high-rise residential construction. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of The Manitowoc Company is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.437% of The Manitowoc Company shares are held by insiders and 73.256% by institutions.

• How many people work for The Manitowoc Company?

  Latest data suggests 4,900 work at The Manitowoc Company.

• When does the fiscal year end for The Manitowoc Company?

  The Manitowoc Company's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is The Manitowoc Company based?

  The Manitowoc Company's address is: One Park Plaza, Milwaukee, WI, United States, 53224

• What is The Manitowoc Company's ISIN number?

  The Manitowoc Company's international securities identification number is: US5635711089

• What is The Manitowoc Company's CUSIP number?

  The Manitowoc Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 563571108