How to buy Vedanta stock

Vedanta Limited is an other industrial metals & mining business based in the US. Vedanta shares (VEDL) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Vedanta employs 80,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Vedanta share price

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Vedanta shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-05-08.

52-week range	$3.71 - $15.76
50-day moving average	$12.80
200-day moving average	$9.70
Wall St. target price	N/A
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	$9.5 (63.84%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$1.22

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Is Vedanta under- or over-valued?

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

Vedanta's EBITDA

Vedanta's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $255.6 billion.

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

Vedanta financials

Revenue TTM	$789.1 billion
Operating margin TTM	20.12%
Gross profit TTM	$421.9 billion
Return on assets TTM	5.27%
Return on equity TTM	-7.51%
Profit margin	-9.32%
Book value	$568.93
Market capitalisation	$14.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Vedanta shares

There are currently 4.9 million Vedanta shares held short by investors – that's known as Vedanta's "short interest". This figure is 16.6% up from 4.2 million last month.

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

Vedanta's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Vedanta's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Vedanta shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Vedanta shares traded daily (recently around 997892.08924949). Vedanta's SIR currently stands at 4.93. In other words for every 100,000 Vedanta shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4930 shares are currently held short.

However Vedanta's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Vedanta shares, or, against the total number of tradable Vedanta shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Vedanta's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Vedanta shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Vedanta shares, roughly 0 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 Vedanta.

Find out more about how you can short Vedanta stock.

Vedanta share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 81.6% of net profits

Recently Vedanta has paid out, on average, around 81.6% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.58% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Vedanta shareholders could enjoy a 4.58% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Vedanta's case, that would currently equate to about $9.5 per share.

Vedanta's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Vedanta's most recent dividend payout was on 16 November 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 29 October 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Vedanta's shares ever split?

Vedanta's shares were split on a 599:1000 basis on 8 September 2013. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 599 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Vedanta shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.9% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Vedanta shares which in turn could have impacted Vedanta's share price.

Vedanta share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Vedanta's shares have ranged in value from as little as $3.7071 up to $15.76. 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 Vedanta's is 1.8183. This would suggest that Vedanta's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Vedanta overview

Vedanta Limited operates as a diversified natural resources company in India. The company explores for, develops, extracts, produces, processes, and sells oil and gas, zinc, lead, silver, copper, aluminum, iron ore, steel, and power. It is involved in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas; and exploration, mining, and processing of iron ore, pig iron, and metallurgical coke. The company also operates a thermal coal-based commercial power facility of 600 megawatts (MW) at Jharsuguda in the State of Odisha in eastern India; two 300 MW thermal coal based power plants at Korba; 1,980 MW (three units of 660 MW each) thermal coal-based commercial power facilities; 274MW of wind power plants; and a power plant situated at Mettur Dam in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. In addition, it manufactures and supplies billets, TMT bars, wire rods, and ductile iron pipes; engages in the mechanization of coal handling facilities and upgradation of general cargo berth for handling coal at the outer harbor of Visakhapatnam Port on the east coast of India; and provides logistics and other allied services inter alia rendering stevedoring, and other allied services in ports and other allied sectors. Further, the company is involved in manufacturing glass substrates in South Korea and Taiwan. It also has operations in South Africa, Namibia, Ireland, Australia, Liberia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 2.672% of Vedanta shares are held by insiders and 4.253% by institutions.

• How many people work for Vedanta?

  Latest data suggests 80,000 work at Vedanta.

• When does the fiscal year end for Vedanta?

  Vedanta's fiscal year ends in March.

• Where is Vedanta based?

  Vedanta's address is: Unit 103, Corporate Avenue, Mumbai, India, 400093

• What is Vedanta's ISIN number?

  Vedanta's international securities identification number is: US92242Y1001

• What is Vedanta's CUSIP number?

  Vedanta's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 78413F103