How to buy Vectrus stock | $49.67

Vectrus, Inc is an aerospace & defense business based in the US. Vectrus shares (VEC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Vectrus employs 7,100 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.4 billion.

How to buy shares in Vectrus

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 Vectrus. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: VEC. 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 Vectrus 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$49.67, 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 Vectrus, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Vectrus. 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.

Vectrus share price

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Vectrus shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-29.

Latest market close	USD$49.67
52-week range	USD$28.9 - USD$59.24
50-day moving average	USD$48.0891
200-day moving average	USD$44.6033
Wall St. target price	USD$59.5
PE ratio	17.1843
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.756

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Vectrus price performance over time

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Is Vectrus under- or over-valued?

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

Vectrus's P/E ratio

Vectrus's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 17x. In other words, Vectrus shares trade at around 17x 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.

Vectrus's EBITDA

Vectrus's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$56.4 million.

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

Vectrus financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.4 billion
Operating margin TTM	3.44%
Gross profit TTM	USD$129.9 million
Return on assets TTM	4.65%
Return on equity TTM	12.16%
Profit margin	2.3%
Book value	$24.42
Market capitalisation	USD$550.5 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Vectrus shares

There are currently 260,307 Vectrus shares held short by investors – that's known as Vectrus's "short interest". This figure is 14.5% down from 304,533 last month.

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

Vectrus's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Vectrus's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Vectrus shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Vectrus shares traded daily (recently around 82637.142857143). Vectrus's SIR currently stands at 3.15. In other words for every 100,000 Vectrus shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3150 shares are currently held short.

However Vectrus's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Vectrus shares, or, against the total number of tradable Vectrus shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Vectrus's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Vectrus shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0229% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Vectrus shares, roughly 23 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 Vectrus.

Find out more about how you can short Vectrus stock.

Vectrus share dividends

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

Have Vectrus's shares ever split?

Vectrus's shares were split on 13 February 2008.

Vectrus share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Vectrus's shares have ranged in value from as little as $28.9 up to $59.24. 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 Vectrus's is 1.6136. This would suggest that Vectrus's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Vectrus overview

Vectrus, Inc. provides facility and logistics, and information technology and network communication services to the United States (U.S.) government worldwide. The company offers facility and logistics services, such as airfield management, ammunition management, civil engineering, communications, emergency services, life support activities, public works, security, transportation operations, warehouse management and distribution, and equipment maintenance, repair, and services. It also provides information technology and network communication services, including sustainment of communications systems, network security, systems installation, full life cycle management of information technology systems, system-of-systems engineering and software development, and mission support. In addition, the company offers operational technologies and converged solutions, such as sensor and systems integration, energy management, cybersecurity assessment and remediation planning for operational technology, electromagnetic spectrum engineering, energy resiliency and management, and integrated electronic security monitoring systems for military services and intelligence community, and foreign military sales and federal civilian agencies. Vectrus, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 2.298% of Vectrus shares are held by insiders and 103.588% by institutions.

• How many people work for Vectrus?

  Latest data suggests 7,100 work at Vectrus.

• When does the fiscal year end for Vectrus?

  Vectrus's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Vectrus based?

  Vectrus's address is: 2424 Garden of the Gods Road, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, 80919

• What is Vectrus's ISIN number?

  Vectrus's international securities identification number is: US92242T1016

• What is Vectrus's CUSIP number?

  Vectrus's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 92242T101