Sotera Health Co (NASDAQ: SHC) is -8.84% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $10.71 and a high of $17.44 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The SHC stock was last observed hovering at around $14.90 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.46%.
Currently trading at $15.36, the stock is 7.89% and 18.58% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.86 million and changing 3.09% at the moment leaves the stock 14.20% off its SMA200. SHC registered -6.46% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -6.34%.
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The stock witnessed a 15.23% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 41.05%, and is 4.35% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.66% over the week and 4.21% over the month.
Sotera Health Co (SHC) has around 3000 employees, a market worth around $4.35B and $1.10B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 109.64 and Fwd P/E is 18.42. Profit margin for the company is 3.63%. Distance from 52-week low is 43.42% and -11.93% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.45%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -10.65% this year
281.0 institutions hold shares in Sotera Health Co (SHC), with institutional investors hold 95.94% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 282.83M, and float is at 126.49M with Short Float at 8.85%. Institutions hold 93.57% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is WARBURG PINCUS LLC with over 88.82 million shares valued at $1.07 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 31.6087 of the SHC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-03-31, the second largest holder is GTCR LLC with 59.22 million shares valued at $711.18 million to account for 21.0725 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC which holds 14.89 million shares representing 5.2998 and valued at over $178.86 million, while VANGUARD GROUP INC holds 4.322 of the shares totaling 12.15 million with a market value of $145.86 million.
Sotera Health Co (SHC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by WARBURG PINCUS & CO., the company’s Director. SEC filings show that WARBURG PINCUS & CO. sold 16,594,363 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 04 ’24 at a price of $14.31 per share for a total of $237.42 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 88.82 million shares.
Sotera Health Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 04 ’24 that WARBURG PINCUS & CO. (Director) sold a total of 16,594,363 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 04 ’24 and was made at $14.31 per share for $237.42 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 88.82 million shares of the SHC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 04 ’24, GTCR INVESTMENT XI LLC (Director) disposed off 11,062,908 shares at an average price of $14.31 for $158.28 million. The insider now directly holds 59,215,301 shares of Sotera Health Co (SHC).
