How to buy Westwood Holdings Group stock | $13

Westwood Holdings Group, Inc is a capital markets business based in the US. Westwood Holdings Group shares (WHG) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Westwood Holdings Group employs 165 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$66.6 million.

How to buy shares in Westwood Holdings 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 Westwood Holdings Group. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: WHG. 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 Westwood Holdings 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$13, 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 Westwood Holdings Group, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Westwood Holdings 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.

Westwood Holdings Group share price

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Westwood Holdings Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-09.

Latest market close	USD$13
52-week range	USD$9.42 - USD$31.1096
50-day moving average	USD$11.6843
200-day moving average	USD$13.067
Wall St. target price	N/A
PE ratio	40.04
Dividend yield	USD$1.72 (7.47%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.262

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Westwood Holdings Group price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $13 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-05)	-9.72%
1 month (2020-12-11)	0.78%
3 months (2020-10-12)	9.24%
6 months (2020-07-11)	N/A

1 year (2020-01-11)	N/A
2 years (2019-01-11)	-65.09%
3 years (2018-01-12)	67.81
5 years (2016-01-12)	47.66

Is Westwood Holdings Group under- or over-valued?

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

Westwood Holdings Group's P/E ratio

Westwood Holdings 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 40x. In other words, Westwood Holdings Group shares trade at around 40x 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.

Westwood Holdings Group's EBITDA

Westwood Holdings Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$232,000.

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

Westwood Holdings Group financials

Revenue TTM	USD$66.6 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$33.9 million
Return on assets TTM	-1.36%
Return on equity TTM	-6.67%
Profit margin	-13.84%
Book value	$16.156
Market capitalisation	USD$112.8 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Westwood Holdings Group shares

There are currently 71,007 Westwood Holdings Group shares held short by investors – that's known as Westwood Holdings Group's "short interest". This figure is 12.8% down from 81,399 last month.

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

Westwood Holdings Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Westwood Holdings Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Westwood Holdings Group shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Westwood Holdings Group shares traded daily (recently around 35503.5). Westwood Holdings Group's SIR currently stands at 2. In other words for every 100,000 Westwood Holdings Group shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2000 shares are currently held short.

However Westwood Holdings Group's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Westwood Holdings Group shares, or, against the total number of tradable Westwood Holdings Group shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Westwood Holdings Group's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Westwood Holdings Group shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0094% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Westwood Holdings Group shares, roughly 9 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 Westwood Holdings Group.

Find out more about how you can short Westwood Holdings Group stock.

Westwood Holdings Group share dividends

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

Westwood Holdings Group share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Westwood Holdings Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $9.42 up to $31.1096. 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 Westwood Holdings Group's is 1.4667. This would suggest that Westwood Holdings 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).

Westwood Holdings Group overview

Westwood Holdings Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manages investment assets and provides services for its clients. The company operates in two segments, Advisory and Trust. The Advisory segment provides investment advisory services to corporate retirement plans, public retirement plans, endowments, foundations, individuals, and the Westwood Funds; and investment sub-advisory services to mutual funds, pooled investment vehicles, and its Trust segment. The Trust segment offers trust and custodial services; and participates in common trust funds that it sponsors to institutions and high net worth individuals. Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Westwood Holdings Group is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 11.386% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are held by insiders and 67.067% by institutions.

• How many people work for Westwood Holdings Group?

  Latest data suggests 165 work at Westwood Holdings Group.

• When does the fiscal year end for Westwood Holdings Group?

  Westwood Holdings Group's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Westwood Holdings Group based?

  Westwood Holdings Group's address is: 200 Crescent Court, Dallas, TX, United States, 75201

• What is Westwood Holdings Group's ISIN number?

  Westwood Holdings Group's international securities identification number is: US9617651040

• What is Westwood Holdings Group's CUSIP number?

  Westwood Holdings Group's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 961765104