How to buy Transcat stock | 32.9

Transcat, Inc is an industrial distribution business based in the US. Transcat shares (TRNS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Transcat employs 722 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$169.5 million.

How to buy shares in Transcat

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
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 Transcat. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: TRNS. 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 Transcat 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$32.9, 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 Transcat, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Transcat. 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.

How has coronavirus impacted Transcat's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Transcat's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$32.9, which is 5.65% up on its pre-crash value of USD$31.04 and 99.39% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$16.5.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Transcat shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$865.71 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,071.55.

Transcat share price

Use our graph to track the performance of TRNS stocks over time.

Transcat shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-24.

Latest market close	USD$32.9
52-week range	USD$16.5 - USD$34.18
50-day moving average	USD$29.8853
200-day moving average	USD$28.1065
Wall St. target price	USD$36
PE ratio	34.0989
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.91

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Transcat price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $32.9 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-15)	N/A
1 month (2020-10-26)	19.64%
3 months (2020-08-22)	N/A
6 months (2020-05-22)	N/A

1 year (2019-11-22)	N/A
2 years (2018-11-22)	N/A
3 years (2017-11-22)	N/A
5 years (2015-11-22)	N/A

Is Transcat under- or over-valued?

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

Transcat's P/E ratio

Transcat's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 34x. In other words, Transcat shares trade at around 34x 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.

Transcat's EBITDA

Transcat's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$17.3 million.

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

Transcat financials

Revenue TTM	USD$169.5 million
Operating margin TTM	6.04%
Gross profit TTM	USD$42.5 million
Return on assets TTM	5.31%
Return on equity TTM	10.23%
Profit margin	4.01%
Book value	$9.432
Market capitalisation	USD$240.7 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Transcat shares

There are currently 58,175 Transcat shares held short by investors – that's known as Transcat's "short interest". This figure is 17.5% up from 49,522 last month.

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

Transcat's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Transcat's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Transcat shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Transcat shares traded daily (recently around 14616.834170854). Transcat's SIR currently stands at 3.98. In other words for every 100,000 Transcat shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3980 shares are currently held short.

However Transcat's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Transcat shares, or, against the total number of tradable Transcat shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Transcat's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Transcat shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0084% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Transcat shares, roughly 8 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 Transcat.

Find out more about how you can short Transcat stock.

Transcat share dividends

We're not expecting Transcat to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Transcat's shares ever split?

Transcat's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 23 July 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 Transcat shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Transcat shares which in turn could have impacted Transcat's share price.

Transcat share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Transcat's shares have ranged in value from as little as $16.5 up to $34.18. 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 (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Transcat's is 0.7458. This would suggest that Transcat's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Transcat overview

Transcat, Inc. provides calibration and laboratory instrument services in North America and internationally. It operates in two segments, Service and Distribution. The Service segment offers calibration, repair, inspection, analytical qualification, preventative maintenance, consulting, and other related services. This segment also provides CalTrak, a proprietary document and asset management software that is used to integrate and manage the workflow of its calibration service centers and customers' assets; and Compliance, Control and Cost, an online customer portal that provides its customers with Web-based asset management capability, as well as a safe and secure off-site archive of calibration and other service records. The Distribution segment sells and rents test, measurement, and control instruments for customers' test and measurement instrumentation needs. This segment markets and sells its products through Website, digital and print advertising, proactive outbound sales, and an inbound call center. The company provides services and products to highly regulated industries, principally life science, which includes companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and other FDA-regulated industries; and additional industries, including aerospace and defense industrial manufacturing, oil and gas and alternative energy, and other industries that require accuracy in processes and confirmation of the capabilities of their equipment. Transcat, Inc. was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Transcat is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 6.675% of Transcat shares are held by insiders and 74.729% by institutions.

• How many people work for Transcat?

  Latest data suggests 722 work at Transcat.

• When does the fiscal year end for Transcat?

  Transcat's fiscal year ends in March.

• Where is Transcat based?

  Transcat's address is: 35 Vantage Point Drive, Rochester, NY, United States, 14624

• What is Transcat's ISIN number?

  Transcat's international securities identification number is: US8935291075

• What is Transcat's CUSIP number?

  Transcat's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 893529107