How to buy Ellex Medical Lasers shares | A$0.325

Ellex Medical Lasers Limited is a medical devices business based in Australia. Ellex Medical Lasers shares (ELX) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are listed in Australian Dollars. Its last market close was $0.325 – an increase of 3.17% over the previous week. Ellex Medical Lasers has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $12.8 million.

How to buy shares in Ellex Medical Lasers

1. Compare share trading platforms. To buy shares listed in Australia, you'll need to sign up to a broker with access to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Our table below can help you choose.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and tax file number. Fund your account with a bank transfer, PayPal or debit card.
3. Search for Ellex Medical Lasers . Find the share by name or ticker symbol: ELX. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Ellex Medical Lasers reaches your desired price. To spread out your risk, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At today's price of $0.325, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimise risk through the market's ups and downs.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Ellex Medical Lasers . Optimise your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

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How has coronavirus impacted Ellex Medical Lasers 's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Ellex Medical Lasers 's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was $0.325, which is 56.08% down on its pre-crash value of $0.74 and 40.00% down on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as $0.455.

If you had bought $1,000 worth of Ellex Medical Lasers shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $591.19 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 $408.80.

Ellex Medical Lasers share price

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Ellex Medical Lasers shares at a glance

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Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	AUDA$0.325
52-week range	AUDA$0.285 - AUDA$0.9
50-day moving average	AUDA$0.3224
200-day moving average	AUDA$0.4579
Target price	AUDA$1.69
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	AUDA$0.248

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Is it a good time to buy Ellex Medical Lasers stock?

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Ellex Medical Lasers price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of A$0.325 on 2020-10-20

1 week (2020-10-10)	N/A
1 month (2020-09-21)	-1.52%
3 months (2020-07-17)	-52.21%
6 months (2020-04-17)	-43.97%

1 year (2019-10-18)	-42.98%
2 years (2018-10-19)	-49.22%
3 years (2017-10-19)	-72.10%
5 years (2015-10-19)	-35.00%

Is Ellex Medical Lasers under- or over-valued?

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

Ellex Medical Lasers 's EBITDA

Ellex Medical Lasers 's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $679,000.

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

Ellex Medical Lasers financials

Revenue TTM	$12.8 million
Gross profit TTM	$9.7 million
Return on assets TTM	-4.14%
Return on equity TTM	-12.19%
Profit margin	279.22%
Book value	0.7
Market capitalisation	$102 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Ellex Medical Lasers share dividends

We're not expecting Ellex Medical Lasers to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Ellex Medical Lasers 's shares ever split?

Ellex Medical Lasers 's shares were split on a 1:5 basis on 9 July 2001. So if you had owned 5 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Ellex Medical Lasers shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 400% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Ellex Medical Lasers shares which in turn could have impacted Ellex Medical Lasers 's share price.

Ellex Medical Lasers share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Ellex Medical Lasers 's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.285 up to $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 (AU average) beta is 1, while Ellex Medical Lasers 's is 0.6182. This would suggest that Ellex Medical Lasers 's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Ellex Medical Lasers overview

Nova Eye Medical Limited designs, manufactures, distributes, and services medical equipment and devices to diagnose and treat eye diseases. The company offers iTrack, a surgical system for the reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) in adult patients with openangle glaucoma; and 2RT, a proprietary laser technology to treat patients in early/intermediate age-related macular degeneration. It operates in Australia, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Japan, rest of Asia, South America, and internationally. Nova Eye Medical Limited was incorporated in 1970 and is headquartered in Kent Town, Australia.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Ellex Medical Lasers is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 21.969% of Ellex Medical Lasers shares are held by insiders and 24.663% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Ellex Medical Lasers ?

  Ellex Medical Lasers 's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is Ellex Medical Lasers based?

  Ellex Medical Lasers 's address is: 3 Second Avenue, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia, 5095

• What is Ellex Medical Lasers 's ISIN number?

  Ellex Medical Lasers 's international securities identification number is: AU000000ELX4