How to buy Cerner stock (CERN)

Cerner is a health care technology business based in the US. Cerner shares (CERN) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Cerner employs 25,150 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $5.8 billion.

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Cerner stock price (NASDAQ: CERN)

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Cerner shares at a glance

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Information last updated 2022-11-06.

52-week range	$0.00 - $0.00
50-day moving average more info button	$93.94
200-day moving average more info button	$85.47
Wall St. target price	$94.40
PE ratio more info button	48.0608
Dividend yield more info button	$0.98 (1.14%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$1.98

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Is Cerner stock undervalued or overvalued?

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

Cerner's P/E ratio

Cerner's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 48x. In other words, Cerner shares trade at around 48x 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.

Cerner's PEG ratio

Cerner's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 5.6623. 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 Cerner's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Cerner's EBITDA

Cerner's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.6 billion.

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

Cerner financials

Revenue TTM	$5.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	19.32%
Gross profit TTM	$4.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	9.18%
Return on equity TTM	14.34%
Profit margin	10.15%
Book value	$13.30
Market Capitalization more info button	$27.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Cerner share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 21.84% of net profits

Recently Cerner 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), Cerner shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Cerner's case, that would currently equate to about $0.98 per share.

While Cerner's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Cerner is investing more in its future growth.

Cerner's most recent dividend payout was on 18 April 2022. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 24 March 2022 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Cerner's shares ever split?

Cerner's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 30 June 2013 . 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 Cerner shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Cerner shares which in turn could have impacted Cerner's share price.

Cerner share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Cerner's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0 up to $0. 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 Cerner's is 0.7613. This would suggest that Cerner's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Cerner overview

Cerner Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides health care information technology solutions and tech-enabled services in the United States and internationally. It offers Cerner Millennium architecture, a person-centric computing framework, which includes clinical, financial, and management information systems that allow providers to access an individual's electronic health record (EHR) at the point of care, and organizes and delivers information for physicians, nurses, laboratory technicians, pharmacists, front- and back-office professionals, and consumers. The company also provides HealtheIntent platform, a cloud-based platform to aggregate, transform, and reconcile data across the continuum of care; and CareAware, an EHR agnostic platform that facilitates connectivity of health care devices to EHRs. In addition, it offers a portfolio of clinical and financial healthcare information technology solutions, as well as departmental and care coordination solutions. Further, the company provides tech-enabled services, such as implementation and training, remote hosting, application management, revenue cycle, support and maintenance, health care data analysis, real-world evidence, clinical process optimization, transaction processing, employer health centers, and data-driven services; and complementary hardware and devices for third parties. It serves integrated delivery networks, physician groups and networks, managed care organizations, hospitals, medical centers, free-standing reference laboratories, home health agencies, blood banks, imaging centers, pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, employers, governments, and public health organizations. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in North Kansas City, Missouri.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Cerner is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.133% of Cerner shares are held by insiders and 85.687% by institutions. How many people work for Cerner?
Latest data suggests 25,150 work at Cerner. When does the fiscal year end for Cerner?
Cerner's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Cerner based?
Cerner's address is: 2800 Rockcreek Parkway, North Kansas City, MO, United States, 64117 What is Cerner's ISIN number?
Cerner's international securities identification number is: US1567821046 What is Cerner's CUSIP number?
Cerner's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 156782104