Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) is -0.46% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $145.07 and a high of $268.30 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 BIIB stock was last observed hovering at around $150.00 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.21%.
Currently trading at $152.21, the stock is 0.16% and -6.00% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.19 million and changing 1.47% at the moment leaves the stock -23.31% off its SMA200. BIIB registered -42.22% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -32.55%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $161.9252 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $198.47745.
The stock witnessed a -5.37% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -17.63%, and is 1.54% 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 2.28% over the week and 2.38% over the month.
Biogen Inc (BIIB) has around 7570 employees, a market worth around $22.51B and $9.23B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 13.75 and Fwd P/E is 9.10. Profit margin for the company is 17.50%. Distance from 52-week low is 4.92% and -43.27% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.60%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 11.56% this year.
Biogen Inc (BIIB) Top Institutional Holders
1362.0 institutions hold shares in Biogen Inc (BIIB), with institutional investors hold 93.17% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 145.70M, and float is at 144.68M with Short Float at 1.78%. Institutions hold 93.03% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 16.6 million shares valued at $3.85 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.4326% of the BIIB Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ with 16.34 million shares valued at $3.79 billion to account for 11.2523 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 14.54 million shares representing 10.0127% and valued at over $3.37 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.8871 of the shares totaling 7.1 million with a market value of $1.64 billion.
Biogen Inc (BIIB) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Singhal Priya, the company’s Head of Development. SEC filings show that Singhal Priya sold 110 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 09 ’24 at a price of $157.21 per share for a total of $17293.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 5426.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 03 ’24, Singhal Priya (Head of Development) disposed off 431 shares at an average price of $204.22 for $88019.0. The insider now directly holds 5,316 shares of Biogen Inc (BIIB).
