How to buy Ultralife Corporation stock | $6.47

Ultralife Corporation is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. Ultralife Corporation shares (ULBI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Ultralife Corporation employs 573 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$109.8 million.

How to buy shares in Ultralife Corporation

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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 Ultralife Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ULBI. 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 Ultralife Corporation 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$6.47, 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 Ultralife Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Ultralife Corporation. 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.

Ultralife Corporation share price

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Ultralife Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-29.

Latest market close	USD$6.47
52-week range	USD$4.85 - USD$8.85
50-day moving average	USD$6.6082
200-day moving average	USD$6.508
Wall St. target price	USD$3.25
PE ratio	21.4828
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.29

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Ultralife Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $6.47 from 2020-12-31

1 week (2021-01-05)	-0.92%
1 month (2020-12-12)	N/A
3 months (2020-10-12)	-2.56%
6 months (2020-07-12)	N/A

1 year (2020-01-12)	N/A
2 years (2019-01-12)	N/A
3 years (2018-01-12)	7.15
5 years (2016-01-12)	1.25%

Is Ultralife Corporation under- or over-valued?

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

Ultralife Corporation's P/E ratio

Ultralife Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 21x. In other words, Ultralife Corporation shares trade at around 21x 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.

Ultralife Corporation's EBITDA

Ultralife Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$10 million.

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

Ultralife Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$109.8 million
Operating margin TTM	6.34%
Gross profit TTM	USD$31.4 million
Return on assets TTM	3.12%
Return on equity TTM	4.42%
Profit margin	4.33%
Book value	$7.14
Market capitalisation	USD$99.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Ultralife Corporation shares

There are currently 98,550 Ultralife Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Ultralife Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 16% down from 117,290 last month.

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

Ultralife Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Ultralife Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Ultralife Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Ultralife Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 108296.7032967). Ultralife Corporation's SIR currently stands at 0.91. In other words for every 100,000 Ultralife Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 910 shares are currently held short.

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

Find out more about how you can short Ultralife Corporation stock.

Ultralife Corporation share dividends

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

Ultralife Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Ultralife Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $4.85 up to $8.85. 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 Ultralife Corporation's is 1.5942. This would suggest that Ultralife Corporation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Ultralife Corporation overview

Ultralife Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, installs, and maintains power, and communication and electronics systems worldwide. The company serves government, defense, and commercial sectors. The company operates in two segments, Battery & Energy Products and Communications Systems. The Battery & Energy Products segment offers lithium 9-volt, cylindrical, thin lithium manganese dioxide, rechargeable, and other non-rechargeable batteries; lithium ion cells, multi-kilowatt module lithium ion battery systems, and uninterruptable power supplies; and rugged military and commercial battery charging systems and accessories, including smart chargers, multi-bay charging systems, and various cables. The Communications Systems segment provides communications systems and accessories to support military communications systems, such as radio frequency amplifiers, power supplies and cables, connector assemblies, amplified speakers, equipment mounts, case equipment, man-portable systems, and integrated communication systems for fixed or vehicle applications comprising vehicle adapters, vehicle installed power enhanced rifleman appliqué systems, and SATCOM systems. This segment's military communications systems and accessories are designed to enhance and extend the operation of communications equipment, such as vehicle-mounted, manpack, and handheld transceivers. It sells its products under the Ultralife, Lithium Power, McDowell Research, AMTI, ABLE, ACCUTRONICS, ACCUPRO, ENTELLION, SWE DRILL-DATA, and SWE SEASAFE brands through original equipment manufacturers, and industrial and defense supply distributors, as well as directly to the United States and international defense departments. In addition, the company sells its 9-volt battery to the broader consumer market through national and regional retail chains and Internet retailers. Ultralife Corporation was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Newark, New York.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Ultralife Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 3.695% of Ultralife Corporation shares are held by insiders and 71.993% by institutions.

• How many people work for Ultralife Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 573 work at Ultralife Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Ultralife Corporation?

  Ultralife Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Ultralife Corporation based?

  Ultralife Corporation's address is: 2000 Technology Parkway, Newark, NY, United States, 14513

• What is Ultralife Corporation's ISIN number?

  Ultralife Corporation's international securities identification number is: US9038991025

• What is Ultralife Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Ultralife Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 903899102