We're taking a closer look at Iron Mountain today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 0.9% compared to -0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a global leader in information management, innovative storage, data center infrastructure, and asset lifecycle management.
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Iron Mountain has moved 22.0% over the last year compared to 15.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 7.0%
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IRM has an average analyst rating of buy and is -3.9% away from its mean target price of $65.13 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $0.94
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Iron Mountain has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 66.6 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.83 and its forward P/E ratio is 34.2
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IRM has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 7.67, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 69.62 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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Iron Mountain is part of the Real Estate sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 24.81 and an average P/B of 2.24
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Iron Mountain has on average reported free cash flows of $498.29 Million over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of -25.9%