How to buy Washington Prime Group stock | 0.708

Washington Prime Group Inc is a reit—retail business based in the US. Washington Prime Group shares (WPG) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Washington Prime Group employs 754 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$582.6 million.

How to buy shares in Washington Prime Group

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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 Washington Prime Group. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: WPG. 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 Washington Prime Group 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$0.708, 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 Washington Prime Group, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Washington Prime Group. 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 Washington Prime Group's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Washington Prime Group's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$0.708, which is 73.97% down on its pre-crash value of USD$2.72 and 20.06% down on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$0.85.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Washington Prime Group shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$359.73 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$233.66.

Washington Prime Group share price

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Washington Prime Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-19.

Latest market close	USD$0.708
52-week range	USD$0.5585 - USD$4.69
50-day moving average	USD$0.6308
200-day moving average	USD$0.7494
Wall St. target price	USD$0.88
PE ratio	15.0667
Dividend yield	USD$0.88 (109.42%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.15

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Is it a good time to buy Washington Prime Group stock?

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Washington Prime Group price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $0.708 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-20)	N/A
1 month (2020-10-30)	20.82%
3 months (2020-08-28)	N/A
6 months (2020-05-28)	N/A

1 year (2019-11-27)	N/A
2 years (2018-11-27)	N/A
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Is Washington Prime Group under- or over-valued?

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

Washington Prime Group's P/E ratio

Washington Prime Group's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 15x. In other words, Washington Prime Group shares trade at around 15x 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.

Washington Prime Group's EBITDA

Washington Prime Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$273.7 million.

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

Washington Prime Group financials

Revenue TTM	USD$582.6 million
Operating margin TTM	9.4%
Gross profit TTM	USD$424.2 million
Return on assets TTM	0.8%
Return on equity TTM	-7.15%
Profit margin	-8.92%
Book value	$2.579
Market capitalisation	USD$113.7 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Washington Prime Group shares

There are currently 68.8 million Washington Prime Group shares held short by investors – that's known as Washington Prime Group's "short interest". This figure is 1.1% up from 68.0 million last month.

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

Washington Prime Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Washington Prime Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Washington Prime Group shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Washington Prime Group shares traded daily (recently around 3.1 million). Washington Prime Group's SIR currently stands at 22.38. In other words for every 100,000 Washington Prime Group shares traded daily on the market, roughly 22380 shares are currently held short.

However Washington Prime Group's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Washington Prime Group shares, or, against the total number of tradable Washington Prime Group shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Washington Prime Group's short interest could be expressed as 0.37% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Washington Prime Group shares in existence, roughly 370 shares are currently held short) or 0.5697% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Washington Prime Group shares, roughly 570 shares are currently held short).

A SIR above 20% would generally be considered very high, pointing to a pessimistic outlook for the share price, with a discouraging number of investors currently willing to bet against Washington Prime Group.

Find out more about how you can short Washington Prime Group stock.

Washington Prime Group share dividends

We're not expecting Washington Prime Group to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Washington Prime Group share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Washington Prime Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.5585 up to $4.69. 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 Washington Prime Group's is 1.4424. This would suggest that Washington Prime Group's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Washington Prime Group overview

Washington Prime Group Inc. is a retail REIT and a recognized leader in the ownership, management, acquisition and development of retail properties. The Company combines a national real estate portfolio with its expertise across the entire shopping center sector to increase cash flow through rigorous management of assets and provide new opportunities to retailers looking for growth throughout the U.S. Washington Prime Group® is a registered trademark of the Company.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Washington Prime Group is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.098% of Washington Prime Group shares are held by insiders and 84.841% by institutions.

• How many people work for Washington Prime Group?

  Latest data suggests 754 work at Washington Prime Group.

• When does the fiscal year end for Washington Prime Group?

  Washington Prime Group's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Washington Prime Group based?

  Washington Prime Group's address is: 180 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH, United States, 43215

• What is Washington Prime Group's ISIN number?

  Washington Prime Group's international securities identification number is: US93964W1080

• What is Washington Prime Group's CUSIP number?

  Washington Prime Group's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 92939N102