How to buy TransAtlantic Petroleum stock

TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd is an oil & gas e&p business based in the US. TransAtlantic Petroleum shares (TAT) are listed on the NYSE MKT and all prices are listed in US Dollars. TransAtlantic Petroleum employs 147 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$40 million.

How to buy shares in TransAtlantic Petroleum

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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 TransAtlantic Petroleum. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: TAT. 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 TransAtlantic Petroleum 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. 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 TransAtlantic Petroleum, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of TransAtlantic Petroleum. 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.

TransAtlantic Petroleum share price

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TransAtlantic Petroleum shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-01-22.

52-week range	USD$0.12 - USD$0.4659
50-day moving average	USD$0.258
200-day moving average	USD$0.2605
Wall St. target price	USD$1.89
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.123

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TransAtlantic Petroleum financials

Revenue TTM	USD$40 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$51.2 million
Return on assets TTM	-7.65%
Return on equity TTM	-90.35%
Profit margin	-93.05%
Book value	$0.122
Market capitalisation	USD$18.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting TransAtlantic Petroleum shares

There are currently 3.4 million TransAtlantic Petroleum shares held short by investors – that's known as TransAtlantic Petroleum's "short interest". This figure is 0.2% up from 3.4 million last month.

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

TransAtlantic Petroleum's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

TransAtlantic Petroleum's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of TransAtlantic Petroleum shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of TransAtlantic Petroleum shares traded daily (recently around 1.6 million). TransAtlantic Petroleum's SIR currently stands at 2.1. In other words for every 100,000 TransAtlantic Petroleum shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2100 shares are currently held short.

However TransAtlantic Petroleum's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of TransAtlantic Petroleum shares, or, against the total number of tradable TransAtlantic Petroleum shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case TransAtlantic Petroleum's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 TransAtlantic Petroleum shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0585% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable TransAtlantic Petroleum shares, roughly 59 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 TransAtlantic Petroleum.

Find out more about how you can short TransAtlantic Petroleum stock.

Have TransAtlantic Petroleum's shares ever split?

TransAtlantic Petroleum's shares were split on a 1:10 basis on 7 March 2014. So if you had owned 10 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 TransAtlantic Petroleum shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 900% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for TransAtlantic Petroleum shares which in turn could have impacted TransAtlantic Petroleum's share price.

TransAtlantic Petroleum share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, TransAtlantic Petroleum's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.12 up to $0.4659. 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 MKT average) beta is 1, while TransAtlantic Petroleum's is 1.3207. This would suggest that TransAtlantic Petroleum's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

TransAtlantic Petroleum overview

TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd., an oil and natural gas company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas properties in Turkey and Bulgaria. As of December 31, 2019, it had interests in 4 onshore exploration licenses and 20 onshore production leases covering an area of 436,388 net acres with a total net proved reserves of 10,259 thousand barrels of oil and 2,466 million cubic feet of natural gas located in Turkey, as well as a production concession covering an area of approximately 162,800 net undeveloped acres located in Bulgaria. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is based in Addison, Texas. As of December 18, 2020, TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. was taken private.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of TransAtlantic Petroleum is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 56.039% of TransAtlantic Petroleum shares are held by insiders and 13.569% by institutions.

• How many people work for TransAtlantic Petroleum?

  Latest data suggests 147 work at TransAtlantic Petroleum.

• When does the fiscal year end for TransAtlantic Petroleum?

  TransAtlantic Petroleum's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is TransAtlantic Petroleum based?

  TransAtlantic Petroleum's address is: 16803 Dallas Parkway, Addison, TX, United States, 75001

• What is TransAtlantic Petroleum's ISIN number?

  TransAtlantic Petroleum's international securities identification number is: BMG899821133

• What is TransAtlantic Petroleum's CUSIP number?

  TransAtlantic Petroleum's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 893522201