How to buy Wayfair stock | 297.08

Wayfair Inc is an internet retail business based in the US. Wayfair shares (W) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Wayfair employs 16,200 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$11.5 billion.

How to buy shares in Wayfair

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 Wayfair. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: W. 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 Wayfair 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$297.08, 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 Wayfair, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Wayfair. 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 Wayfair's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Wayfair's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$297.08, which is 73.02% up on its pre-crash value of USD$80.14 and 1,269.03% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$21.7.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Wayfair shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$312.31 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$3,048.04.

Wayfair share price

Use our graph to track the performance of W stocks over time.

Wayfair shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-14.

Latest market close	USD$297.08
52-week range	USD$21.7 - USD$349.082
50-day moving average	USD$292.8746
200-day moving average	USD$215.7852
Wall St. target price	USD$309.6
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-7.466

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Is it a good time to buy Wayfair stock?

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Wayfair price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $297.08 from 2020-10-16

1 week (2020-10-15)	-0.31%
1 month (2020-09-22)	-2.33%
3 months (2020-07-22)	31.45%
6 months (2020-04-22)	208.27%

1 year (2019-10-22)	161.51%
2 years (2018-10-22)	138.27%
3 years (2017-10-20)	336.63%
5 years (2015-10-22)	574.26%

Wayfair financials

Revenue TTM	USD$11.5 billion
Gross profit TTM	USD$2.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	-9.97%
Return on equity TTM	0%
Profit margin	-5.35%
Book value	$-6.573
Market capitalisation	USD$29.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Wayfair shares

There are currently 15.4 million Wayfair shares held short by investors – that's known as Wayfair's "short interest". This figure is 0.6% up from 15.3 million last month.

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

Wayfair's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Wayfair's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Wayfair shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Wayfair shares traded daily (recently around 2.7 million). Wayfair's SIR currently stands at 5.76. In other words for every 100,000 Wayfair shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5760 shares are currently held short.

However Wayfair's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Wayfair shares, or, against the total number of tradable Wayfair shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Wayfair's short interest could be expressed as 0.16% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Wayfair shares in existence, roughly 160 shares are currently held short) or 0.3112% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Wayfair shares, roughly 311 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Wayfair.

Find out more about how you can short Wayfair stock.

Wayfair share dividends

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

Wayfair share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Wayfair's shares have ranged in value from as little as $21.7 up to $349.082. 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 Wayfair's is 3.433. This would suggest that Wayfair's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Wayfair overview

Wayfair Inc. engages in the e-commerce business in the United States and internationally. It provides approximately eighteen million products for the home sector under various brands. The company offers selection of furniture, décor, decorative accents, housewares, seasonal décor, and other home goods through its sites, including Wayfair, Joss & Main, AllModern, Birch Lane, and Perigold brands. Wayfair Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 6.06% of Wayfair shares are held by insiders and 122.284% by institutions.

• How many people work for Wayfair?

  Latest data suggests 16,200 work at Wayfair.

• When does the fiscal year end for Wayfair?

  Wayfair's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Wayfair based?

  Wayfair's address is: 4 Copley Place, Boston, MA, United States, 02116

• What is Wayfair's ISIN number?

  Wayfair's international securities identification number is: US94419L1017

• What is Wayfair's CUSIP number?

  Wayfair's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 94419L101