How to buy Macquarie Telecom Group shares | A$49.6

Macquarie Telecom Group Limited is a telecom services business based in Australia. Macquarie Telecom Group shares (MAQ) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are listed in Australian Dollars. Its last market close was $49.6 – an increase of 5.98% over the previous week. Macquarie Telecom Group has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $266.2 million.

How to buy shares in Macquarie Telecom Group

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 Macquarie Telecom Group . Find the share by name or ticker symbol: MAQ. 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 Macquarie Telecom Group 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 $49.6, 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 Macquarie Telecom Group . 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 Macquarie Telecom Group 's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Macquarie Telecom Group 's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was $49.6, which is 43.55% up on its pre-crash value of $28 and 158.33% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as $19.2.

If you had bought $1,000 worth of Macquarie Telecom Group shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $755.77 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 $1,893.23.

Macquarie Telecom Group share price

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Macquarie Telecom Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	AUDA$49.6
52-week range	AUDA$19.2 - AUDA$49.34
50-day moving average	AUDA$45.3089
200-day moving average	AUDA$38.7711
Target price	AUDA$27.1
PE ratio	75.1834
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	AUDA$0.627

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Is it a good time to buy Macquarie Telecom Group stock?

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Macquarie Telecom Group price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of A$49.6 on 2020-10-22

1 week (2020-10-15)	5.85%
1 month (2020-09-25)	10.20%
3 months (2020-07-24)	6.87%
6 months (2020-04-24)	93.94%

1 year (2019-10-24)	118.50%
2 years (2018-10-24)	116.69%
3 years (2017-10-24)	245.64%
5 years (2015-10-23)	540.00%

Is Macquarie Telecom Group under- or over-valued?

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

Macquarie Telecom Group 's P/E ratio

Macquarie Telecom Group 's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 75x. In other words, Macquarie Telecom Group shares trade at around 75x 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.

Macquarie Telecom Group 's EBITDA

Macquarie Telecom Group 's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $47.7 million.

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

Macquarie Telecom Group financials

Revenue TTM	$266.2 million
Operating margin TTM	8.96%
Gross profit TTM	$98.3 million
Return on assets TTM	6.14%
Return on equity TTM	11.84%
Profit margin	5.09%
Book value	5.724
Market capitalisation	$1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Macquarie Telecom Group share dividends

We're not expecting Macquarie Telecom Group to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Macquarie Telecom Group 's shares ever split?

Macquarie Telecom Group 's shares were split on a 1:10 basis on 29 November 2005. So if you had owned 10 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 Macquarie Telecom Group shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 900% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Macquarie Telecom Group shares which in turn could have impacted Macquarie Telecom Group 's share price.

Macquarie Telecom Group share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Macquarie Telecom Group 's shares have ranged in value from as little as $19.2 up to $49.34. 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 Macquarie Telecom Group 's is 0.5862. This would suggest that Macquarie Telecom Group 's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Macquarie Telecom Group overview

Macquarie Telecom Group Limited provides telecommunication and hosting services to corporate and government customers in Australia. It offers voice services, such as fixed-line voice, unified communications, and video and Web conferencing services; managed mobility services and mobile management tools; and cloud services, including hybrid, VMWare, and private cloud services, as well as dedicated servers, colocation, managed hosting, management tools, SD-WAN, and data center extension services. The company also provides data services, including Internet, fixed wireline Ethernet, private IP-VPN, Cisco Meraki, business NBN, international data links, SIP trunking, SaaS enabled WAN, secure remote access, and business Ethernet access. Macquarie Telecom Group Limited was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Macquarie Telecom Group is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 62.499% of Macquarie Telecom Group shares are held by insiders and 19.175% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Macquarie Telecom Group ?

  Macquarie Telecom Group 's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is Macquarie Telecom Group based?

  Macquarie Telecom Group 's address is: 2 Market Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2000

• What is Macquarie Telecom Group 's ISIN number?

  Macquarie Telecom Group 's international securities identification number is: AU000000MAQ4