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How to buy Washington Prime Group stock
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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 717 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$524.4 million.
How to buy shares in Washington Prime Group
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Decide on how many to buy. 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.
- 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.
What's in this guide?
- WPG shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is WPG stock a buy or sell?
- Stock performance over time
- Can I short WPG shares?
- Are WPG shares over-valued?
- Washington Prime Group's financials
- How volatile are WPG shares?
- Does Washington Prime Group pay a dividend?
- Have WPG shares ever split?
- Other common questions
Washington Prime Group share price
Use our graph to track the performance of WPG stocks over time.Washington Prime Group shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-04-08.
| 52-week range | USD$1.7 - USD$16.5499 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | USD$3.8157 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$6.9384 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$3 |
| PE ratio | 15.0667 |
| Dividend yield | USD$1.125 (48.7%) |
| 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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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$225 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$524.4 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 4.4% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$307.5 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 0.35% |
| Return on equity TTM | -34.58% |
| Profit margin | -41.91% |
| Book value | $16.061 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$54.9 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Washington Prime Group shares
There are currently 4.7 million Washington Prime Group shares held short by investors – that's known as Washington Prime Group's "short interest". This figure is 276.3% up from 1.3 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 5.5 million). Washington Prime Group's SIR currently stands at 0.86. In other words for every 100,000 Washington Prime Group shares traded daily on the market, roughly 860 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 0.19% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Washington Prime Group shares in existence, roughly 190 shares are currently held short) or 0.2415% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Washington Prime Group shares, roughly 242 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 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.
Have Washington Prime Group's shares ever split?
Washington Prime Group's shares were split on a 1:9 basis on 21 December 2020. So if you had owned 9 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Washington Prime Group shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 800% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Washington Prime Group shares which in turn could have impacted Washington Prime Group's share price.
Washington Prime Group share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Washington Prime Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.7 up to $16.5499. 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 1.4473. 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.
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