Diageo plc ADR (NYSE: DEO) is -3.65% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $119.48 and a high of $161.64 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 DEO stock was last observed hovering at around $133.18 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 7.16%.
Currently trading at $140.34, the stock is 6.52% and 8.30% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.98 million and changing 5.38% at the moment leaves the stock 1.45% off its SMA200. DEO registered -6.82% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -6.08%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $129.7674 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $138.33115.
The stock witnessed a 4.43% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 10.55%, and is 3.30% 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 1.20% over the week and 1.41% over the month.
Diageo plc ADR (DEO) has around 30092 employees, a market worth around $77.90B and $20.29B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 20.28 and Fwd P/E is 19.19. Profit margin for the company is 19.09%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.46% and -13.18% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.52%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -3.51% this year
1085.0 institutions hold shares in Diageo plc ADR (DEO), with institutional investors hold 10.62% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 555.11M, and float is at 555.09M with Short Float at 0.14%. Institutions hold 10.61% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 4.8 million shares valued at $605.74 million. The investor’s holdings represent 0.2143 of the DEO Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ with 4.75 million shares valued at $599.19 million to account for 0.212 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are MORGAN STANLEY which holds 2.99 million shares representing 0.1332 and valued at over $376.39 million, while ORBIS ALLAN GRAY LTD holds 0.0828 of the shares totaling 1.86 million with a market value of $233.98 million.
