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How to buy Akumin stock in Canada

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Akumin Inc (AKU) is a publicly traded diagnostics & research business based in Canada. During the day the price has varied from a low of C$0.53 to a high of C$0.53. The latest price was C$0.53 (25 minute delay). Akumin is listed on the Toronto stock Exchange (TSX). All prices are listed in Canadian dollars.

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Is it a good time to buy Akumin stock?

Only you can make the decision on the time to leap... but here's some supporting information and analysis.

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

Share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Akumin's shares have ranged in value from as little as C$0.16 up to C$0.9. 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 (TO average) beta is 1, while Akumin's is 0.149. This would suggest that Akumin's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Historical closes compared with the last close of C$0.53

3 months (2024-01-22)6.00%
6 months (2023-10-22)3.92%
1 year (2023-04-20)-39.77%
2 years (2022-04-21)-57.60%
3 years (2021-04-21)-86.23%
5 years (2019-04-21)-88.35%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Is Akumin under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Akumin P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA

Akumin's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is C$114.9 million.

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

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