Bruker Corp (NASDAQ: BRKR) is -24.76% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $48.07 and a high of $94.86 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 BRKR stock was last observed hovering at around $55.38 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.09%.
Currently trading at $55.29, the stock is -4.83% and -5.11% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.55 million and changing -0.16% at the moment leaves the stock -19.50% off its SMA200. BRKR registered -25.92% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -16.25%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $58.2664 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $68.6804.
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The stock witnessed a 14.59% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -18.14%, and is -5.52% 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 3.98% over the week and 3.91% over the month.
Bruker Corp (BRKR) has around 9707 employees, a market worth around $8.38B and $3.24B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 26.62 and Fwd P/E is 20.21. Profit margin for the company is 9.41%. Distance from 52-week low is 15.02% and -41.71% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.27%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -7.47% this year
517.0 institutions hold shares in Bruker Corp (BRKR), with institutional investors hold 117.31% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 151.59M, and float is at 102.99M with Short Float at 3.20%. Institutions hold 79.87% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. with over 13.55 million shares valued at $864.43 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.3299 of the BRKR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FMR LLC with 11.78 million shares valued at $751.95 million to account for 8.1159 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 10.89 million shares representing 7.5016 and valued at over $695.04 million, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 6.7709 of the shares totaling 9.83 million with a market value of $627.34 million.
Bruker Corp (BRKR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by PACKER RICHARD A, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that PACKER RICHARD A sold 3,350 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 02 ’24 at a price of $57.82 per share for a total of $0.19 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 80904.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 18 ’24, LAUKIEN FRANK H (PRESIDENT & CEO) acquired 100,000 shares at an average price of $50.14 for $5.01 million. The insider now directly holds 38,439,563 shares of Bruker Corp (BRKR).
