Grifols SA ADR (NASDAQ: GRFS) is -17.82% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $5.30 and a high of $12.15 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 GRFS stock was last observed hovering at around $9.05 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.45%.
Currently trading at $9.50, the stock is 8.76% and 7.49% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.06 million and changing 4.97% at the moment leaves the stock 23.25% off its SMA200. GRFS registered 4.28% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 36.89%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $8.8282 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $7.6984.
The stock witnessed a 9.70% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 31.76%, and is 9.32% 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 4.65% over the week and 3.35% over the month.
Grifols SA ADR (GRFS) has around 23744 employees, a market worth around $2.45B and $7.11B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 37.88 and Fwd P/E is 9.42. Profit margin for the company is 2.40%. Distance from 52-week low is 79.24% and -21.81% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.17%).
Grifols SA ADR quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at 0.23 with sales reaching $1.86B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 88.64% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 7.80% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 6.70% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 257.44M, and float is at 257.30M with Short Float at 1.70%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS with over 20.89 million shares valued at $131.71 million. The investor’s holdings represent 3.0761 of the GRFS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP with 18.6 million shares valued at $117.24 million to account for 2.7384 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PERMIAN INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP which holds 14.1 million shares representing 2.0758 and valued at over $88.88 million, while MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC holds 2.0504 of the shares totaling 13.92 million with a market value of $87.79 million.
