Prudential plc ADR (NYSE: PUK) is -4.77% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $15.10 and a high of $22.07 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 PUK stock was last observed hovering at around $15.73 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.55%.
Currently trading at $15.18, the stock is -5.21% and -6.67% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.21 million and changing -3.50% at the moment leaves the stock -14.06% off its SMA200. PUK registered -30.34% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -20.65%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $16.264 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $17.6642.
The stock witnessed a -9.80% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -15.81%, and is -4.77% 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 1.77% over the week and 1.57% over the month.
Prudential plc ADR (PUK) has around 15257 employees, a market worth around $20.02B and $15.16B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 24.00 and Fwd P/E is 7.48. Profit margin for the company is 5.75%. Distance from 52-week low is 0.50% and -31.22% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.03%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -11.45% this year
226.0 institutions hold shares in Prudential plc ADR (PUK), with institutional investors hold 2.17% of the company’s shares. Institutions hold 2.17% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC with over 3.02 million shares valued at $55.42 million. The investor’s holdings represent 0.2207 of the PUK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 2.88 million shares valued at $52.76 million to account for 0.2101 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are MORGAN STANLEY which holds 2.73 million shares representing 0.199 and valued at over $49.96 million, while ROYAL BANK OF CANADA holds 0.175 of the shares totaling 2.4 million with a market value of $43.95 million.
