How to buy Welbilt stock | 9.25

Welbilt, Inc is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. Welbilt shares (WBT) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Welbilt employs 4,400 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.2 billion.

How to buy shares in Welbilt

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 Welbilt. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: WBT. 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 Welbilt 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$9.25, 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 Welbilt, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Welbilt. 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 Welbilt's share price?

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

Its last market close was USD$9.25, which is 33.98% down on its pre-crash value of USD$14.01 and 191.80% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$3.17.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Welbilt shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$292.10 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$635.75.

Welbilt share price

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Welbilt shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-17.

Latest market close	USD$9.25
52-week range	USD$3.17 - USD$17.42
50-day moving average	USD$6.9772
200-day moving average	USD$6.5608
Wall St. target price	USD$8.94
PE ratio	150.25
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.04

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Welbilt price performance over time

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Is Welbilt under- or over-valued?

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

Welbilt's P/E ratio

Welbilt's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 150x. In other words, Welbilt shares trade at around 150x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Welbilt's PEG ratio

Welbilt's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 5.04. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Welbilt's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Welbilt's EBITDA

Welbilt's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$171.8 million.

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

Welbilt financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	9.07%
Gross profit TTM	USD$569.4 million
Return on assets TTM	3.18%
Return on equity TTM	-3.97%
Profit margin	-0.76%
Book value	$1.647
Market capitalisation	USD$1.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Welbilt shares

There are currently 7.4 million Welbilt shares held short by investors – that's known as Welbilt's "short interest". This figure is 1.1% up from 7.4 million last month.

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

Welbilt's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Welbilt's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Welbilt shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Welbilt shares traded daily (recently around 1.3 million). Welbilt's SIR currently stands at 5.79. In other words for every 100,000 Welbilt shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5790 shares are currently held short.

However Welbilt's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Welbilt shares, or, against the total number of tradable Welbilt shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Welbilt's short interest could be expressed as 0.05% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Welbilt shares in existence, roughly 50 shares are currently held short) or 0.0527% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Welbilt shares, roughly 53 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 Welbilt.

Find out more about how you can short Welbilt stock.

Welbilt share dividends

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

Welbilt share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Welbilt's shares have ranged in value from as little as $3.17 up to $17.42. 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 Welbilt's is 1.9677. This would suggest that Welbilt's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Welbilt overview

Welbilt, Inc., designs, manufactures, and supplies foodservice equipment for commercial foodservice market worldwide. The company offers commercial upright and undercounter refrigerators and freezers, blast freezers and chillers, and cook-chill systems under the Delfield brand; and walk-in refrigerators, coolers and freezers, and prefabricated cooler and freezer panels under the Kolpak brand. It also provides traditional, combination, convection, conveyor, and rapid-cooking ovens, and range and grill products under the Convotherm, Garland, Lincoln, and Merrychef brands; fryers and frying systems under the Frymaster brand; and steam equipment under the Cleveland brand. In addition, the company offers cafeteria and buffet equipment stations, bins, boxes, warming cabinets, warmers, display and deli cases, and insulated and refrigerated salad and food bars under the Delfield, Merco, and other brand names; beverage dispensers, blended ice machines, ice/beverage dispensers, beer coolers, post-mix dispensing valves, backroom equipment, and support system components and related equipment; ice machines under the Manitowoc and other brand names; coffee equipment under the Crem brand name; and other beverage-related products under the Multiplex and Manitowoc brand names. Further, it provides after-market parts, and installation and start-up, and preventative maintenance services; spare parts supply for Welbilt products under the KitchenCare brand; designed kitchens under FitKitchen brand; and KitchenConnect, a cloud based-application brand. It supplies its products to full-service restaurants, quick-service restaurant chains, hotels, resorts, cruise ships, caterers, supermarkets, convenience stores, hospitals, schools, and other institutions through dealers and distributors. The company was formerly known as Manitowoc Foodservice, Inc. and changed its name to Welbilt, Inc. in February 2017. Welbilt, Inc. was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in New Port Richey, Florida.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 0.435% of Welbilt shares are held by insiders and 85.751% by institutions.

• How many people work for Welbilt?

  Latest data suggests 4,400 work at Welbilt.

• When does the fiscal year end for Welbilt?

  Welbilt's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Welbilt based?

  Welbilt's address is: 2227 Welbilt Boulevard, New Port Richey, FL, United States, 34655

• What is Welbilt's ISIN number?

  Welbilt's international securities identification number is: US9490901041

• What is Welbilt's CUSIP number?

  Welbilt's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 563568104