Elanco Animal Health Inc (NYSE: ELAN) is -2.89% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $8.52 and a high of $18.80 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 ELAN stock was last observed hovering at around $14.55 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.08%.
Currently trading at $14.47, the stock is 0.56% and 1.74% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.46 million and changing -0.55% at the moment leaves the stock -4.42% off its SMA200. ELAN registered 51.36% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -5.24%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $14.223 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $15.1385.
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The stock witnessed a -2.10% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 8.96%, and is -0.21% down 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 3.29% over the week and 4.31% over the month.
Elanco Animal Health Inc (ELAN) has around 9800 employees, a market worth around $7.15B and $4.49B in sales. Fwd P/E is 14.52. Profit margin for the company is -27.94%. Distance from 52-week low is 69.84% and -23.03% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-11.00%).
with sales reaching $1.03B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 3.36% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 0.30% year-over-year.
Elanco Animal Health Inc (ELAN) Top Institutional Holders
545.0 institutions hold shares in Elanco Animal Health Inc (ELAN), with institutional investors hold 99.78% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 492.85M, and float is at 488.20M with Short Float at 2.48%. Institutions hold 99.12% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is DODGE & COX with over 83.58 million shares valued at $1.21 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 16.9471% of the ELAN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ with 52.8 million shares valued at $761.94 million to account for 10.7062 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 49.45 million shares representing 10.0259% and valued at over $713.53 million, while PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ holds 5.6909 of the shares totaling 28.07 million with a market value of $405.02 million.
Elanco Animal Health Inc (ELAN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Harrington Michael J, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Harrington Michael J bought 3,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 22 ’24 at a price of $14.85 per share for a total of $51974.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 81094.0 shares.
Elanco Animal Health Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 12 ’24 that Simmons Jeffrey N (PRESIDENT, CEO AND DIRECTOR) bought a total of 100,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 12 ’24 and was made at $13.01 per share for $1.3 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.14 million shares of the ELAN stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 21 ’24, DOYLE WILLIAM F (Director) acquired 15,000 shares at an average price of $16.98 for $0.25 million. The insider now directly holds 76,330 shares of Elanco Animal Health Inc (ELAN).
