How to buy Heritage Global stock (HGBL)

Heritage Global is a capital markets business based in the US. Heritage Global shares (HGBL) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $1.75 – an increase of 1.16% over the previous week. Heritage Global employs 82 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $49.9 million.

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Heritage Global stock price (NASDAQ: HGBL)

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Heritage Global shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$1.75
52-week range	$1.52 - $3.09
50-day moving average more info button	$1.68
200-day moving average more info button	$2.13
Wall St. target price	$4.17
PE ratio more info button	6.4074
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.27

Is it a good time to buy Heritage Global stock?

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Heritage Global price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $1.74 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	0.58%
1 month (2024-11-22)	7.41%
3 months (2024-09-20)	2.35%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-26.27%

1 year (2023-12-21)	-34.59%
2 years (2022-12-21)	-27.20%
3 years (2021-12-21)	19.18%
5 years (2019-12-20)	100.00%

Is Heritage Global stock undervalued or overvalued?

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

Heritage Global's P/E ratio

Heritage Global's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 6x. In other words, Heritage Global shares trade at around 6x 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.

Heritage Global's EBITDA

Heritage Global's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $9.7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Heritage Global's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Heritage Global financials

Revenue TTM	$49.9 million
Operating margin TTM	13.25%
Gross profit TTM	$26 million
Return on assets TTM	6.6%
Return on equity TTM	16.77%
Profit margin	20.6%
Book value	$1.82
Market Capitalization more info button	$62.9 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Heritage Global share dividends

We're not expecting Heritage Global to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Heritage Global's shares ever split?

Heritage Global's shares were split on a 1:20 basis on 8 December 2003 . So if you had owned 20 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 Heritage Global shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 1900% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Heritage Global shares which in turn could have impacted Heritage Global's share price.

Heritage Global share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Heritage Global's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.52 up to $3.09. 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 Heritage Global's is 1.189. This would suggest that Heritage Global's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Heritage Global overview

Heritage Global Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, operates as an asset services company with focus on financial and industrial asset transactions. The company operates in three segments: Auction and Liquidation, Refurbishment & Resale, and Brokerage. It provides a suite of market making, acquisitions, refurbishment, dispositions, valuations, and secured lending services. The company focuses on identifying, valuing, acquiring, and monetizing underlying tangible assets. It acts as an adviser, as well as a principal, acquiring, or brokering manufacturing facilities; surplus industrial machinery and equipment; industrial inventories; and charged-off receivable portfolios. The company was formerly known as Counsel RB Capital Inc.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Heritage Global is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 15.813% of Heritage Global shares are held by insiders and 31.793% by institutions. How many people work for Heritage Global?
Latest data suggests 82 work at Heritage Global. When does the fiscal year end for Heritage Global?
Heritage Global's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Heritage Global based?
Heritage Global's address is: 12625 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, CA, United States, 92130 What is Heritage Global's ISIN number?
Heritage Global's international securities identification number is: US42727E1038