Afterpay Limited is an Australian payments company best known for its buy now pay later (BNPL) service. In 2021, the company was acquired by US tech giant Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) which subsequently listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under the ticker code SQ2. This means that you'll need to buy shares in Square to invest in its subsidiary Afterpay.
Afterpay was founded in 2014 in Australia and has since expanded into the United States, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain. As a strong contender in the digital payments and credit space, Afterpay has been a market favourite since it launched onto the stock market in 2016.
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| 52-week range | $60.56 - $130.305 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | $117.5138 |
| 200-day moving average | $98.6533 |
| Target price | $155.09 |
| PE ratio | 3838 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.03 |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of A$111.21
| 1 week (2024-04-15) | -7.16% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-03-22) | -13.21% |
| 3 months (2024-01-23) | 10.10% |
| 6 months (2023-10-23) | 57.88% |
| 1 year (2023-04-21) | 19.59% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-04-22) | -23.83% |
Valuing Afterpay stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Afterpay's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Afterpay's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 3838x. In other words, Afterpay shares trade at around 3838x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the P/E ratio for the ASX over the 12 months to December 2019 (32.14). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Afterpay's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.8963. 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 Afterpay's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Afterpay's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $255.1 million (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Afterpay's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure stock profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $21.9 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 1.17% |
| Gross profit TTM | $6.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | -0.15% |
| Return on equity TTM | -0.12% |
| Profit margin | 0.05% |
| Book value | 30.358 |
| Market capitalisation | $70.9 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting Afterpay to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Over the last 12 months, Afterpay's shares have ranged in value from as little as $60.56 up to $130.305. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (AU average) beta is 1, while Afterpay's is 2.568. This would suggest that Afterpay's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
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