How to buy Origin Agritech stock (SEED)

Origin Agritech is an agricultural inputs business based in the US. Origin Agritech shares (SEED) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $2.13 – a decrease of 8.28% over the previous week. Origin Agritech employs 63 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $119.3 million.

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Origin Agritech stock price (NASDAQ: SEED)

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Origin Agritech shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$2.13
52-week range	$1.37 - $6.38
50-day moving average more info button	$2.65
200-day moving average more info button	$3.41
Wall St. target price	$5.00
PE ratio more info button	1.7438
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$1.21

Is it a good time to buy Origin Agritech stock?

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Origin Agritech price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $2.11 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-9.14%
1 month (2024-11-21)	-14.23%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-22.45%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-55.49%

1 year (2023-12-21)	17.22%
2 years (2022-12-21)	-69.11%
3 years (2021-12-21)	8.47
5 years (2019-12-20)	4.665

Is Origin Agritech stock undervalued or overvalued?

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

Origin Agritech's P/E ratio

Origin Agritech's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 2x. In other words, Origin Agritech shares trade at around 2x 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.

Origin Agritech financials

Revenue TTM	$119.3 million
Operating margin TTM	4.63%
Gross profit TTM	$16.2 million
Return on assets TTM	-2.97%
Return on equity TTM	-371.99%
Profit margin	48.43%
Book value	$-8.85
Market Capitalization more info button	$13.3 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Origin Agritech share dividends

We're not expecting Origin Agritech to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Origin Agritech's shares ever split?

Origin Agritech's shares were split on a 1:10 basis on 9 July 2018 . 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 Origin Agritech shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 900% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Origin Agritech shares which in turn could have impacted Origin Agritech's share price.

Origin Agritech share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Origin Agritech's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.37 up to $6.38. 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 Origin Agritech's is 1.498. This would suggest that Origin Agritech's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Origin Agritech overview

Origin Agritech Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an agricultural biotechnology in the People's Republic of China. The company engages in the development and distribution of seed products; and research on genetically enhanced breeding technologies in agricultural crops. Its products include corn, soybean, canola, and rice seeds. The company is also involved in the development, production, and distribution of hybrid crop seeds, as well as develops hybrid seed technology. In addition, it operates an e-commerce platform. The company has a collaboration agreement with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the National Maize Improvement Center, Henan Agriculture University, China Agricultural University, and Zhejiang University for seed genetic modifications and biotechnologies. Origin Agritech Limited was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Origin Agritech is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 13.264% of Origin Agritech shares are held by insiders and 1.634% by institutions. How many people work for Origin Agritech?
Latest data suggests 63 work at Origin Agritech. When does the fiscal year end for Origin Agritech?
Origin Agritech's fiscal year ends in September. Where is Origin Agritech based?
Origin Agritech's address is: No. 21 Sheng Ming Yuan Road, Beijing, China, 102206 What is Origin Agritech's ISIN number?
Origin Agritech's international securities identification number is: VGG678282051 What is Origin Agritech's CUSIP number?
Origin Agritech's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: G67828114