How to buy The StJoe Company stock | $42.45

The St. Joe Company is a real estate-diversified business based in the US. The StJoe Company shares (JOE) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. The StJoe Company employs 55 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$139.4 million.

How to buy shares in The StJoe Company

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3. Search for The StJoe Company. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: JOE. 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 StJoe 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$42.45, 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 StJoe Company, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of The StJoe 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 StJoe Company share price

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The StJoe Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$42.45
52-week range	USD$15.2895 - USD$48.435
50-day moving average	USD$35.19
200-day moving average	USD$25.133
Wall St. target price	USD$19
PE ratio	82.6863
Dividend yield	USD$0.28 (0.59%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.577

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The StJoe Company price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $42.45 from 2020-12-31

1 week (2021-01-11)	-2.62%
1 month (2020-12-18)	-1.80%
3 months (2020-10-16)	65.69%
6 months (2020-07-17)	117.47%

1 year (2020-01-17)	107.88%
2 years (2019-01-18)	179.64%
3 years (2018-01-18)	136.49%
5 years (2016-01-15)	171.77%

Is The StJoe Company under- or over-valued?

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

The StJoe Company's P/E ratio

The StJoe 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 83x. In other words, The StJoe Company shares trade at around 83x 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 StJoe Company's EBITDA

The StJoe Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$47.8 million.

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

The StJoe Company financials

Revenue TTM	USD$139.4 million
Operating margin TTM	25.47%
Gross profit TTM	USD$61.7 million
Return on assets TTM	2.33%
Return on equity TTM	6.38%
Profit margin	24.47%
Book value	$9.084
Market capitalisation	USD$2.8 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting The StJoe Company shares

There are currently 3.3 million The StJoe Company shares held short by investors – that's known as The StJoe Company's "short interest". This figure is 39.7% down from 5.5 million last month.

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

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

The StJoe Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of The StJoe Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of The StJoe Company shares traded daily (recently around 416595.11278195). The StJoe Company's SIR currently stands at 7.98. In other words for every 100,000 The StJoe Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 7980 shares are currently held short.

However The StJoe Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of The StJoe Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable The StJoe Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case The StJoe Company's short interest could be expressed as 0.06% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 The StJoe Company shares in existence, roughly 60 shares are currently held short) or 0.1541% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable The StJoe Company shares, roughly 154 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against The StJoe Company.

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

The StJoe Company share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 12.42% of net profits

Recently The StJoe Company has paid out, on average, around 12.42% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.59% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), The StJoe Company shareholders could enjoy a 0.59% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In The StJoe Company's case, that would currently equate to about $0.28 per share.

While The StJoe Company's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that The StJoe Company is investing more in its future growth.

The StJoe Company's most recent dividend payout was on 9 December 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have The StJoe Company's shares ever split?

The StJoe Company's shares were split on a 3:1 basis on 13 January 1998. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your The StJoe Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for The StJoe Company shares which in turn could have impacted The StJoe Company's share price.

The StJoe Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, The StJoe Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $15.2895 up to $48.435. 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 StJoe Company's is 1.1764. This would suggest that The StJoe Company'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).

The StJoe Company overview

The St. Joe Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate development, asset management, and operating company in Northwest Florida, the United States. It operates through four segments: Residential Real Estate, Hospitality, Commercial Leasing and Sales, and Forestry. The Residential Real Estate segment plans and develops residential communities of various sizes. It primarily sells developed homesites and parcels of entitled undeveloped land. The Hospitality segment owns and operates a private membership club, hotel operations, food and beverage operations, golf courses, beach clubs, retail outlets, gulf-front vacation rentals, management services, marinas, and other entertainment assets. The Commercial Leasing and Sales segment constructs and leases multi-family, retail, office, and commercial properties, as well as cell towers and other assets. It also plans, develops, entitles, manages, and sells commercial land holdings for retail, office, hotel, assisted-living, multi-family, and industrial uses. The Forestry segment grows and sells pulpwood, saw timber, and other forest products. As of December 31, 2019, it had approximately 175,000 acres in Northwest Florida. The St. Joe Company was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Watersound, Florida.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 2.829% of The StJoe Company shares are held by insiders and 97.913% by institutions.

• How many people work for The StJoe Company?

  Latest data suggests 55 work at The StJoe Company.

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

  The StJoe Company's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is The StJoe Company based?

  The StJoe Company's address is: 133 South Watersound Parkway, Watersound, FL, United States, 32461

• What is The StJoe Company's ISIN number?

  The StJoe Company's international securities identification number is: US7901481009

• What is The StJoe Company's CUSIP number?

  The StJoe Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 790148100