A beginner’s guide

 Prev Close:  Open: 106  1y Target Est:  Day’s Range:  52wk Range:

 Volume: 24,507,018 The number of shares traded in the market at a given time  Avg. Vol (3m): 46,499,700 Average amount of shares traded in a 3-month period  Market Cap: B Total market value of all outstanding shares Stock Price * Shares Outstanding The worth?

 Mega cap - $200Billion and larger  Big/large cap - $10 billion to $200 billion. “Blue Chip” stocks.  Mid cap - $2 billion to $10 billion. Growth Stocks.  Small cap - Typically new or relatively young companies. $300 million to $2 billion. Risky.  Micro cap - Penny Stocks. $50 million to $300 Greater the risk, greater the return.  Nano cap - Companies having market caps below $50 million. VERY RISKY!!!

 EPS Earnings Per Share Company’s total earnings less dividends/ total shares outstanding Usually – the higher, the better Don’t compare JUST EPS AAPL’s EPS: 9.40 GOOG’s EPS: 23.59

 P/E Ratio Price to Earnings Ratio How expensive a stock is relative to its profits Market Value per Share/Earnings Per Share Generally a high P/E ratio means that investors are anticipating higher growth in the future. However, too high means the stock’s price could be inflated. “Teens” is good AAPL’s P/E: GOOG’s P/E: 31.39

 Profits paid out to shareholders  Look at Earnings Date AAPL: Apr (Est.)  Div and Yield:  2.08 (1.96%)  Yield = dividend as a percent of share price  Look at the charts!

 Do your research!  Check comparables  Don’t just compare stock price!  Take your time  Be careful of speculation