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How to buy Arch Coal shares | $14.38
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Albertsons Companies, Inc is a grocery stores business based in the US. Arch Coal shares (ACI.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $14.38 – a decrease of 2.18% over the previous week. Arch Coal employs 270,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $69.4 billion.
How to buy shares in Arch Coal
- Choose a platform. If you're a beginner, our share-dealing table below can help you choose.
- Open your account. You'll need your ID, bank details and national insurance number.
- Confirm your payment details. You'll need to fund your account with a bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
- Search the platform for stock code: ACI in this case.
- Research Arch Coal shares. The platform should provide the latest information available.
- Buy your Arch Coal shares. It's that simple.
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Arch Coal share price
Use our graph to track the performance of ACI stocks over time.Arch Coal shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-01-21.
| Latest market close | $14.38 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $12.8222 - $18.25 |
| 50-day moving average | $16.1542 |
| 200-day moving average | $15.0651 |
| Wall St. target price | $20.82 |
| PE ratio | 10.0759 |
| Dividend yield | $0.4 (2.31%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $1.674 |
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Is it a good time to buy Arch Coal stock?
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Arch Coal price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of $17.78
| 1 week (2021-01-14) | 1.83% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-12-22) | 12.46% |
| 3 months (2020-10-22) | 20.95% |
| 6 months (2020-07-22) | 11.13% |
Is Arch Coal under- or over-valued?
Valuing Arch Coal stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Arch Coal's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Arch Coal's P/E ratio
Arch Coal's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 10x. In other words, Arch Coal shares trade at around 10x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Arch Coal's PEG ratio
Arch Coal's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.0589. 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 Arch Coal's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Arch Coal's EBITDA
Arch Coal's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $4.3 billion (£3.1 billion).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Arch Coal's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Arch Coal financials
| Revenue TTM | $69.4 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 3.91% |
| Gross profit TTM | $17.6 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 6.6% |
| Return on equity TTM | 39.46% |
| Profit margin | 1.53% |
| Market capitalisation | $8.1 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
How to short and sell Arch Coal shares
- Create a CFD or spread betting account.
- Search for the stock code. E.g. "ACI.US"
- Choose your position size.
- Select "sell" rather than "buy".
- Confirm your position and keep tabs on it. You may wish to set limits on your position.
There are currently 19.8 million Arch Coal shares held short by investors – that's known as Arch Coal's "short interest". This figure is 6.6% up from 18.6 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Arch Coal shares can be evaluated.
Arch Coal's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Arch Coal's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Arch Coal shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Arch Coal shares traded daily (recently around 2.3 million). Arch Coal's SIR currently stands at 8.52. In other words for every 100,000 Arch Coal shares traded daily on the market, roughly 8520 shares are currently held short.
However Arch Coal's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Arch Coal shares, or, against the total number of tradable Arch Coal shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Arch Coal's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Arch Coal shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.145% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Arch Coal shares, roughly 145 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 Arch Coal.
Find out more about how you can short Arch Coal stock.
Arch Coal share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 7.66% of net profits
Recently Arch Coal has paid out, on average, around 7.66% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.31% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Arch Coal shareholders could enjoy a 2.31% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Arch Coal's case, that would currently equate to about $0.4 per share.
While Arch Coal's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Arch Coal is investing more in its future growth.
Arch Coal's most recent dividend payout was on 10 November 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 25 January 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
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Arch Coal overview
Albertsons Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a food and drug retailer in the United States. Its food and drug retail stores offer grocery products, general merchandise, health and beauty care products, pharmacy, fuel, and other items and services. As of February 29, 2020, the company operated 2,252 stores under various banners, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Market Street, Pavilions, Star Market, Carrs, and Haggen; and 1,726 pharmacies, 1,290 in-store branded coffee shops, and 402 adjacent fuel centers. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Albertsons Companies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Albertsons Investor Holdings LLC.
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