04-24-2009, 09:36 AM
Real-Time: More up to date than last trade, which is 20m delayed
Last Trade: The price of the last stock trade (20m delayed at Yahoo, but real time at Google)
Trade Time: The time of Last Trade above
Change: The change since the price of the previous day's close
Prev Close: See above
Open: The price the stock opened at today
Bid: The price that buyers are currently willing to pay (in this case there is a buyer trying to buy 100 shares for $37.72)
Ask: The price that sellers are currently willing to sell at (in this case there is a seller trying to sell 100 shares for $37.73)
1y Target Est: 25.97 The consensus price analysts think the stock will be in a year's time (not really worth paying attention to a lot of the time)
Day's Range: The high and low stock value so far today
52wk Range: The high and low stock value over the past year
Volume: How many shares have traded today (watch for high volume above the average)
Avg Vol (3m): The average number of shares traded daily over the past 3 months
Market Cap: The number of shares outstanding multiplied by the current price - essentially how big the company is. A low market cap for a healthy company can mean it's a good takeover target.
P/E (ttm): The Price/Earnings ratio (price per share divided by net annual earnings per share). A lower value is generally better - high growth companies tend to have a higher P/E (you are paying a premium for future earnings, essentially). This is a "trailing" P/E - based on previously reported earnings. The forward P/E can be more useful - it looks at what the P/E will be based on expected future earnings.
EPS (ttm): The amount of money the company earned divided by the number of outstanding shares. Higher is better! Some companies have a very large number of outstanding shares compared to others.
Div & Yield: If applicable, the $ amount of dividends the company pays per year. The yield is the percentage of the current share price this is. Some companies don't grow very much, in profits or stock price, but have a nice solid dividend you can rely on for income. A lot of high growth companies don't have a dividend.
Last Trade: The price of the last stock trade (20m delayed at Yahoo, but real time at Google)
Trade Time: The time of Last Trade above
Change: The change since the price of the previous day's close
Prev Close: See above
Open: The price the stock opened at today
Bid: The price that buyers are currently willing to pay (in this case there is a buyer trying to buy 100 shares for $37.72)
Ask: The price that sellers are currently willing to sell at (in this case there is a seller trying to sell 100 shares for $37.73)
1y Target Est: 25.97 The consensus price analysts think the stock will be in a year's time (not really worth paying attention to a lot of the time)
Day's Range: The high and low stock value so far today
52wk Range: The high and low stock value over the past year
Volume: How many shares have traded today (watch for high volume above the average)
Avg Vol (3m): The average number of shares traded daily over the past 3 months
Market Cap: The number of shares outstanding multiplied by the current price - essentially how big the company is. A low market cap for a healthy company can mean it's a good takeover target.
P/E (ttm): The Price/Earnings ratio (price per share divided by net annual earnings per share). A lower value is generally better - high growth companies tend to have a higher P/E (you are paying a premium for future earnings, essentially). This is a "trailing" P/E - based on previously reported earnings. The forward P/E can be more useful - it looks at what the P/E will be based on expected future earnings.
EPS (ttm): The amount of money the company earned divided by the number of outstanding shares. Higher is better! Some companies have a very large number of outstanding shares compared to others.
Div & Yield: If applicable, the $ amount of dividends the company pays per year. The yield is the percentage of the current share price this is. Some companies don't grow very much, in profits or stock price, but have a nice solid dividend you can rely on for income. A lot of high growth companies don't have a dividend.
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