How to buy Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products stock

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc is a steel business based in the US. Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products shares (USAP) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

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3. Search for Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: USAP. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
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6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products. 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.

Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products share price

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Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$5.2 - USD$12.39
50-day moving average	USD$8.3303
200-day moving average	USD$7.0059
Wall St. target price	USD$9
PE ratio	44.7222
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.182

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Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products financials

Revenue TTM	USD$179.7 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$10.5 million
Return on assets TTM	-1.71%
Return on equity TTM	-8.13%
Profit margin	-10.6%
Book value	$25.404
Market capitalisation	USD$92.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products shares

There are currently 10,980 Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products shares held short by investors – that's known as Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's "short interest". This figure is 51.1% up from 7,267 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products shares can be evaluated.

Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products shares traded daily (recently around 61000). Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's SIR currently stands at 0.18. In other words for every 100,000 Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products shares traded daily on the market, roughly 180 shares are currently held short.

However Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products shares, or, against the total number of tradable Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0013% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products shares, roughly 1 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 Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products.

Find out more about how you can short Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products stock.

Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.2 up to $12.39. 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 Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's is 1.675. This would suggest that Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products overview

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets semi-finished and finished specialty steel products in the United States and internationally. Its products include stainless steel, nickel alloys, tool steel, and various other alloyed steels. The company offers semi-finished and finished long products in the form of ingots, blooms, billets, and bars; flat rolled products, such as slabs and plates; and customized shapes primarily for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), which are cold rolled from purchased coiled strip, flat bar, or extruded bar. Its semi-finished long products are primarily used to produce rods; and finished bar products that are principally used by OEMs and by service center customers for distribution to various end users. The company also offers conversion services on materials supplied by its customers. Its products are used in aerospace, power generation, oil and gas, heavy equipment, general, and automotive industries, as well as in the manufacturing of equipment for food handling, health and medical, chemical processing, and pollution control; and manufacturing of metals, plastics, paper and aluminum extrusions, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and optics. The company sells its products to service centers, forgers, rerollers, and OEMs. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 4.799% of Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products shares are held by insiders and 81.673% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products?

  Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products based?

  Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's address is: 600 Mayer Street, Bridgeville, PA, United States, 15017

• What is Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's ISIN number?

  Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's international securities identification number is: US9138371003

• What is Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's CUSIP number?

  Universal Stainless-and-Alloy Products's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 913837100