Sina Story

SINA -- USA Stock

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Sina is scheduled to announce its earnings tomorrow. As many millenniums are trying to avoid communication services space, it makes sense to go over Sina Corporation a little further and try to understand its current market patterns. What exactly are Sina shareholders getting in January? Here we also measure the ability of Sina to meet its long-term debt obligations, such as interest payments on debt, the final principal payment on the debt, and any other fixed obligations like lease payments.

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Does Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) has enough cash to last in January?

The company currently holds 1.88 B in liabilities with Debt to Equity (D/E) ratio of 0.51, which is about average as compared to similar companies. Sina has a current ratio of 2.6, suggesting that it is liquid enough and is able to pay its financial obligations when due. About 15.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by corporate insiders. Sina has price-to-book ratio of 1.07. Typically companies with comparable Price to Book (P/B) are able to outperform the market in the long run. The entity recorded a loss per share of 1.46. The firm had not issued any dividends in recent years.

Sina financial leverage ratio helps determine the effect of debt on the overall profitability of the company. It measures the total debt position of Sina, including all of Sina's outstanding debt obligations, and compares it with the equity. In simple terms, the high financial leverage means the cost of production, together with running the business day-to-day, is high, whereas, lower financial leverage implies lower fixed cost investment in the business and generally considered by investors to be a good sign. So if creditors own a majority of Sina assets, the company is considered highly leveraged. Understanding the composition and structure of overall Sina debt and outstanding corporate bonds gives a good idea of how risky the capital structure of a business is and if it is worth investing in it. Please read more on our technical analysis page.

How important is Sina's Liquidity

Sina financial leverage refers to using borrowed capital as a funding source to finance Sina Corporation ongoing operations. It is usually used to expand the firm's asset base and generate returns on borrowed capital. Sina financial leverage is typically calculated by taking the company's all interest-bearing debt and dividing it by total capital. So the higher the debt-to-capital ratio (i.e., financial leverage), the riskier the company. Please check the breakdown between Sina's total debt and its cash.

How Sina utilizes its cash?

To perform a cash flow analysis of Sina, investors first need to understand how to read the cash flow statement. A cash flow statement shows the amount of cash Sina is receiving and how much cash it distributes out in a given period. The Sina cash flow statement breaks down these inflows and outflows into different buckets, including operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities.

Sale by Yan Wang of 1807 shares of Sina

Legal trades by Sina insiders are very common, as founders, directors, or employees of any publicly traded firm often have stock or stock options. These trades are made public in the United States through the filing of Form 4 of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Below entry was recorded recently and is publicly available as an insider trade:

Sina insider trading alert for sale of ordinary shares by Yan Wang, the corporate stakeholder, on 3rd of September 2020. This event was filed by Sina Corp with SEC on 2006-11-17. Statement of changes in beneficial ownership - SEC Form 4. Yan Wang currently serves as founder and independent director of Sina [view details]

Note, although insider trading is legal, in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Germany, for mandatory reporting purposes, corporate insiders are defined as a company's officers, directors, and any beneficial owners of more than 10% of a class of the company's equity securities.

Breaking down Sina Indicators

The entity reported the previous year's revenue of 2.1 B. Net Loss for the year was (97.97 M) with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 1.67 B.

Sina has 100 percent chance to finish above $41 in January

The expected short fall is down to -0.55 as of today. Sina Corporation exhibits relatively low volatility with skewness of 2.82 and kurtosis of 16.93. However, we advice investors to further investigate Sina Corporation to ensure all market statistics is disseminated and is consistent with investors' estimations about Sina upside potential.

Our Takeaway on Sina Investment

Whereas few other entities in the internet content & information industry are either recovering or due for a correction, Sina may not be performing as strong as the other in terms of long-term growth potentials. While some investors may not share our view we believe that the current risk-reward utility is not appealing enough to do any trading. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to Sina.

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Raphi Shpitalnik is a Junior Member of Macroaxs Editorial Board. Raphael is a young entrepreneur who joined Macroaxis on a part-time base at the beginning of the pandemic and eventually acquired a real test for investing and fintech. He likes to analyze different equity instruments across a wide range of industries, focusing primarily on consumer products, sports, fintech, cannabis, and AI. View Profile

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