How to buy Simulations Plus stock (SLP)

Simulations Plus is a health information services business based in the US. Simulations Plus shares (SLP) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $28.58 – a decrease of 7.45% over the previous week. Simulations Plus employs 243 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $70 million.

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Simulations Plus stock price (NASDAQ: SLP)

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Simulations Plus shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$28.58
52-week range	$27.07 - $51.14
50-day moving average more info button	$30.79
200-day moving average more info button	$39.00
Wall St. target price	$50.00
PE ratio more info button	58.2857
Dividend yield more info button	$0.24 (0.84%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.49

Is it a good time to buy Simulations Plus stock?

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Simulations Plus price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $28.58 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-16)	-7.45%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-8.75%
3 months (2024-09-23)	-8.25%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-40.64%

1 year (2023-12-22)	-37.06%
2 years (2022-12-23)	-24.23%
3 years (2021-12-23)	48.8775
5 years (2019-12-23)	34.3692

Is Simulations Plus stock undervalued or overvalued?

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

Simulations Plus's P/E ratio

Simulations Plus's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 58x. In other words, Simulations Plus shares trade at around 58x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Simulations Plus's PEG ratio

Simulations Plus's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 9.7712. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Simulations Plus's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Simulations Plus's EBITDA

Simulations Plus's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $12.3 million.

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

Simulations Plus financials

Revenue TTM	$70 million
Operating margin TTM	7.76%
Gross profit TTM	$43.1 million
Return on assets TTM	2.85%
Return on equity TTM	5.65%
Profit margin	14.22%
Book value	$9.10
Market Capitalization more info button	$573.1 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Simulations Plus share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 36.73% of net profits

Recently Simulations Plus has paid out, on average, around 0% 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), Simulations Plus shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Simulations Plus's case, that would currently equate to about $0.24 per share.

While Simulations Plus's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Simulations Plus may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Simulations Plus's most recent dividend payout was on 4 August 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 28 July 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Simulations Plus's shares ever split?

Simulations Plus's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 1 October 2007 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Simulations Plus shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Simulations Plus shares which in turn could have impacted Simulations Plus's share price.

Simulations Plus share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Simulations Plus's shares have ranged in value from as little as $27.0652 up to $51.1426. 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 Simulations Plus's is 0.709. This would suggest that Simulations Plus's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Simulations Plus overview

Simulations Plus, Inc. develops drug discovery and development software for modeling and simulation, and prediction of molecular properties utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning based technology worldwide. The company operates through Software and Services segments. It also offers GastroPlus, which simulates the absorption and drug interaction of compounds administered to humans and animals; and DDDPlus and MembranePlus simulation products. In addition, the company provides products based on mechanistic and mathematical models, such as DILIsym, NAFLDsym, ILDsym, IPFsym, RENAsym, MITOsym, and OBESITYsym products. Further, it offers Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, and Toxicity Predictor for chemistry-based computer program that takes molecular structures as inputs and predicts their properties; and MedChem Designer, as well as MonolixSuite products for modeling and simulation that allows for population analyses, rapid clinical trial data analyses, and regulatory submissions. Additionally, the company provides clinical-pharmacology-based consulting services, which includes population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling, exposure-response analyses, clinical trial simulations, data programming, and technical writing services in support of regulatory submissions; and early drug discovery services.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Simulations Plus is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 18.036% of Simulations Plus shares are held by insiders and 77.91% by institutions. How many people work for Simulations Plus?
Latest data suggests 243 work at Simulations Plus. When does the fiscal year end for Simulations Plus?
Simulations Plus's fiscal year ends in August. Where is Simulations Plus based?
Simulations Plus's address is: 42505 Tenth Street West, Lancaster, CA, United States, 93534-7059 What is Simulations Plus's ISIN number?
Simulations Plus's international securities identification number is: US8292141053 What is Simulations Plus's CUSIP number?
Simulations Plus's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 829214105