How to buy Zoom Video Communications stock | $295.24

Zoom Video Communications is a leading telecom services business based in San Jose, Calif. The large-cap Nasdaq company has about 3,871 employees and is led by CEO Eric Yuan.

Zoom Video Communications, Inc opened the day at $295.44 after a previous close of $293.05. During the day the price has varied from a low of $292.71 to a high of $304.70. The latest price was $295.24 (25 minute delay). All prices are listed in US Dollars.

How has coronavirus impacted Zoom Video Communications's share price?

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

Its last close price was $295.24, which is 65.53% up on its pre-crash value of $101.76 and 280.91% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as $77.51.

If you had bought $1,000 worth of Zoom Video Communications shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $1.00 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 $3.00.

Zoom Video Communications share price

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Zoom Video Communications shares at a glance

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Information last updated 2021-05-07.

Open	$295.44
High	$304.70
Low	$292.71
Close	$295.24
Previous close	$293.05
Change	$2.19
Change %	0.7473%
Volume	2,446,247

Information last updated 2021-05-07.

52-week range	$149.16 - $588.84
50-day moving average	$322.90
200-day moving average	$384.69
Wall St. target price	$478.06
PE ratio	130.1288
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$2.25

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Is it a good time to buy Zoom Video Communications stock?

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Zoom Video Communications price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $295.24 from 2021-04-27

1 week (2021-04-30)	-7.61%
1 month (2021-04-09)	-8.50%
3 months (2021-02-10)	-31.50%
6 months (2020-11-09)	-28.55%

1 year (2020-05-08)	89.99%
2 years (2019-05-09)	292.55%
3 years (2018-05-06)	N/A
5 years (2016-05-06)	N/A

Is Zoom Video Communications under- or over-valued?

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

Zoom Video Communications's P/E ratio

Zoom Video Communications's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 130x. In other words, Zoom Video Communications shares trade at around 130x 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.

Zoom Video Communications's PEG ratio

Zoom Video Communications's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.7324. 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 Zoom Video Communications's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Zoom Video Communications's EBITDA

Zoom Video Communications's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $698.5 million.

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

Zoom Video Communications financials

Revenue TTM	$2.7 billion
Operating margin TTM	25.26%
Gross profit TTM	$1.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	12.71%
Return on equity TTM	28.64%
Profit margin	25.36%
Book value	$13.15
Market capitalisation	$86.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Zoom Video Communications shares

There are currently 7.7 million Zoom Video Communications shares held short by investors – that's known as Zoom Video Communications's "short interest". This figure is 1.2% up from 7.6 million last month.

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

Zoom Video Communications's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Zoom Video Communications's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Zoom Video Communications shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Zoom Video Communications shares traded daily (recently around 3.6 million). Zoom Video Communications's SIR currently stands at 2.15. In other words for every 100,000 Zoom Video Communications shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2150 shares are currently held short.

However Zoom Video Communications's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Zoom Video Communications shares, or, against the total number of tradable Zoom Video Communications shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Zoom Video Communications's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Zoom Video Communications shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0331% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Zoom Video Communications shares, roughly 33 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 Zoom Video Communications.

Find out more about how you can short Zoom Video Communications stock.

Zoom Video Communications share dividends

We're not expecting Zoom Video Communications to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Zoom Video Communications share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Zoom Video Communications's shares have ranged in value from as little as $149.16 up to $588.84. 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 (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Zoom Video Communications's is -1.4911. This would suggest that Zoom Video Communications's shares have been inversely-correlated to the average (for this exchange) – so when the broader market trended up or down, Zoom Video Communications has bucked the trend.

Zoom Video Communications overview

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. provides a video-first communications platform in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers Zoom Meetings that offers HD video, voice, chat, and content sharing through mobile devices, desktops, laptops, telephones, and conference room systems; Zoom Phone, an enterprise cloud phone system that provides secure call routing, call queuing, call detail reports, call recording, call quality monitoring, voicemail, switch to video, and other services, as well as inbound and outbound calling services; and Zoom Chat enables to share messages, images, audio files, and content in desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile devices for meeting and phone customers. It also provides Zoom Rooms, a software-based conference room system; Zoom Conference Room Connector, a gateway for SIP/H. 323 endpoints to join Zoom meetings; Zoom Video Webinars to provide video presentations to large audiences from many devices; and Zoom Hardware-as-a-Service allows users to access video communication technology with subscription options for phone and meeting room hardware. The company offers Zoom for Developers to integrate its video, phone, chat, and content sharing into other applications, as well as manages Zoom accounts; Zoom App Marketplace enhance developers to publish their apps; OnZoom, a platform for users to create, host, and monetize online events; and Zoom Apps to access from Zoom Meetings and the Zoom Desktop client to facilitate collaboration and engagement during meetings. It serves individuals; and education, entertainment/media, enterprise infrastructure, finance, government, healthcare, manufacturing, non-profit/not for profit and social impact, retail/consumer products, and software/Internet industries.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Zoom Video Communications is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 14.416% of Zoom Video Communications shares are held by insiders and 50.703% by institutions.

• How many people work for Zoom Video Communications?

  Latest data suggests 4,422 work at Zoom Video Communications.

• When does the fiscal year end for Zoom Video Communications?

  Zoom Video Communications's fiscal year ends in January.

• Where is Zoom Video Communications based?

  Zoom Video Communications's address is: 55 Almaden Boulevard, San Jose, CA, United States, 95113

• What is Zoom Video Communications's ISIN number?

  Zoom Video Communications's international securities identification number is: US98980L1017

• What is Zoom Video Communications's CUSIP number?

  Zoom Video Communications's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 98980L101