How to buy Ituran Location & Control stock (ITRN)

Ituran Location & Control is a scientific & technical instruments business based in the US. Ituran Location & Control shares (ITRN) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $29.86 – a decrease of 2.64% over the previous week. Ituran Location & Control employs 2,800 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $328.8 million.

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Ituran Location & Control stock price (NASDAQ: ITRN)

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Ituran Location & Control shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$29.86
52-week range	$23.76 - $31.64
50-day moving average more info button	$28.32
200-day moving average more info button	$27.11
Wall St. target price	$36.85
PE ratio more info button	11.4138
Dividend yield more info button	$0 (5.72%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$2.61

Is it a good time to buy Ituran Location & Control stock?

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Ituran Location & Control price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $29.37 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-4.24%
1 month (2024-11-21)	3.05%
3 months (2024-09-20)	10.50%
6 months (2024-06-21)	17.29%

1 year (2023-12-21)	8.78%
2 years (2022-12-21)	42.82%
3 years (2021-12-21)	24.22%
5 years (2019-12-20)	37.65%

Is Ituran Location & Control stock undervalued or overvalued?

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

Ituran Location & Control's P/E ratio

Ituran Location & Control's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 11x. In other words, Ituran Location & Control shares trade at around 11x 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.

Ituran Location & Control's EBITDA

Ituran Location & Control's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $89.8 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Ituran Location & Control's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Ituran Location & Control financials

Revenue TTM	$328.8 million
Operating margin TTM	20.91%
Gross profit TTM	$137.6 million
Return on assets TTM	13.68%
Return on equity TTM	30.56%
Profit margin	15.42%
Book value	$8.77
Market Capitalization more info button	$592.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Ituran Location & Control share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 54.02% of net profits

Recently Ituran Location & Control has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Ituran Location & Control shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Ituran Location & Control's case, that would currently equate to about $0 per share.

Ituran Location & Control's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Ituran Location & Control's most recent dividend payout was on 7 January 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 25 September 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Ituran Location & Control's shares ever split?

Ituran Location & Control's shares were split on a 3:1 basis on 21 September 2005 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Ituran Location & Control shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Ituran Location & Control shares which in turn could have impacted Ituran Location & Control's share price.

Ituran Location & Control share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Ituran Location & Control's shares have ranged in value from as little as $23.764 up to $31.64. 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 Ituran Location & Control's is 1.147. This would suggest that Ituran Location & Control'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).

Ituran Location & Control overview

Ituran Location and Control Ltd. , together with its subsidiaries, provides location based telematics services and machine-to-machine telematics products. It operates through two segments, Telematics Services and Telematics Products. The Telematics services segment offers stolen vehicle recovery and tracking services, which enables to locate, track, and recover stolen vehicles for its subscribers; fleet management services that enable corporate and individual customers to track and manage their vehicles in real time; and locator services that allow customers to protect valuable merchandise and equipment. This segment also delivers on-demand navigation guidance, information, and assistance, including the provision of traffic reports and directions, as well as information on the location of gas stations, car repair shops, post offices, hospitals, and other facilities; and Connected Car, a service platform that includes a back-office application, a telematics device installed in the vehicle, mobile apps for IOS and Android users, and interface using the car infotainment screen, as well as usage based insurance and auto financing services. This segment serves insurance companies and agents, car manufacturers, dealers and importers, cooperative sales channels, and private subscribers. The Telematics Products segment offers Base Site, a radio receiver that includes a processor and a data computation unit to collect and send data to and from transponders, and to control centers; Control Center, a center consisting of software used to collect data from various base sites, conduct location calculations, and transmit location data to various customers and law enforcement agencies; navigation and tracking devices installed in vehicles; and SMART, a portable transmitter installed in vehicles that sends a signal to the base site enabling the location of vehicles, equipment, or an individual.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Ituran Location & Control is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 20.764% of Ituran Location & Control shares are held by insiders and 65.149% by institutions. How many people work for Ituran Location & Control?
Latest data suggests 2,800 work at Ituran Location & Control. When does the fiscal year end for Ituran Location & Control?
Ituran Location & Control's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Ituran Location & Control based?
Ituran Location & Control's address is: 3 Hashikma Street, Azor, Israel, 5800182 What is Ituran Location & Control's ISIN number?
Ituran Location & Control's international securities identification number is: IL0010818685 What is Ituran Location & Control's CUSIP number?
Ituran Location & Control's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: M6158M104