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How to buy Casey’s General Stores shares
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Casey's General Stores, Inc is a grocery stores business based in the US. Casey's General Stores shares (CASY.US) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Casey's General Stores employs 17,282 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $7.3 billion.
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- Search the platform for stock code: CASY in this case.
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- Can I buy shares in Casey's General Stores?
- Casey's General Stores shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is Casey's General Stores stock a buy or sell?
- Can I short Casey's General Stores shares?
- Are Casey's General Stores shares over-valued?
- Casey's General Stores's financials
- How volatile are Casey's General Stores shares?
- Does Casey's General Stores pay a dividend?
- Have Casey's General Stores shares ever split?
- Other common questions
Casey's General Stores share price
Use our graph to track the performance of CASY stocks over time.Casey's General Stores shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-01-24.
| Latest market close | $N/A |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $116.5572 - $199.46 |
| 50-day moving average | $182.2034 |
| 200-day moving average | $177.0567 |
| Wall St. target price | $204.58 |
| PE ratio | 22.3745 |
| Dividend yield | $1.36 (0.69%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $8.823 |
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Is it a good time to buy Casey's General Stores stock?
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Is Casey's General Stores under- or over-valued?
Valuing Casey's General Stores stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Casey's General Stores's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Casey's General Stores's P/E ratio
Casey's General Stores's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Casey's General Stores shares trade at around 22x 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.
Casey's General Stores's PEG ratio
Casey's General Stores's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.5176. 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 Casey's General Stores's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Casey's General Stores's EBITDA
Casey's General Stores's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $757.1 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Casey's General Stores's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Casey's General Stores financials
| Revenue TTM | $7.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 6.79% |
| Gross profit TTM | $2.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 7.61% |
| Return on equity TTM | 19.21% |
| Profit margin | 4.47% |
| Book value | $50.354 |
| Market capitalisation | $7.3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
How to short and sell Casey's General Stores shares
- Create a CFD or spread betting account.
- Search for the stock code. E.g. "CASY.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 716,500 Casey's General Stores shares held short by investors – that's known as Casey's General Stores's "short interest". This figure is 2% down from 731,135 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Casey's General Stores shares can be evaluated.
Casey's General Stores's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Casey's General Stores's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Casey's General Stores shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Casey's General Stores shares traded daily (recently around 284325.3968254). Casey's General Stores's SIR currently stands at 2.52. In other words for every 100,000 Casey's General Stores shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2520 shares are currently held short.
However Casey's General Stores's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Casey's General Stores shares, or, against the total number of tradable Casey's General Stores shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Casey's General Stores's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Casey's General Stores shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0253% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Casey's General Stores shares, roughly 25 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 Casey's General Stores.
Find out more about how you can short Casey's General Stores stock.
Casey's General Stores share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 14.74% of net profits
Recently Casey's General Stores has paid out, on average, around 14.74% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.69% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Casey's General Stores shareholders could enjoy a 0.69% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Casey's General Stores's case, that would currently equate to about $1.36 per share.
While Casey's General Stores's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Casey's General Stores is investing more in its future growth.
Casey's General Stores's most recent dividend payout was on 15 February 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 29 January 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have Casey's General Stores's shares ever split?
Casey's General Stores's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 17 February 1998. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Casey's General Stores shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Casey's General Stores shares which in turn could have impacted Casey's General Stores's share price.
Casey's General Stores share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Casey's General Stores's shares have ranged in value from as little as $116.5572 up to $199.46. 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 Casey's General Stores's is 0.875. This would suggest that Casey's General Stores's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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Casey's General Stores overview
Casey's General Stores, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates convenience stores under the Casey's and Casey's General Store names. The company's stores offer a selection of food, including freshly prepared foods, such as pizza, donuts, and sandwiches; beverages, tobacco, and nicotine products; health and beauty aids; automotive products; and other nonfood items. Its stores also provide fuel for sale on a self-service basis. In addition, the company operates two stores under the Tobacco City name primarily selling tobacco and nicotine products; one liquor stores; and one grocery store. As of April 30, 2020, it operated 2,207 convenience stores in 16 states in the Midwest. Casey's General Stores, Inc. was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa.
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