Bruker Corp (NASDAQ: BRKR) is -0.80% 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 $57.00 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.15%.
Currently trading at $58.15, the stock is -1.18% and 0.39% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.32 million and changing 2.02% at the moment leaves the stock -9.49% off its SMA200. BRKR registered -20.75% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -15.12%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $57.9254 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $64.2472.
The stock witnessed a -0.60% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 0.17%, and is 1.50% 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 4.38% over the week and 4.76% over the month.
Bruker Corp (BRKR) has around 9707 employees, a market worth around $8.82B and $3.24B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 28.00 and Fwd P/E is 21.72. Profit margin for the company is 9.41%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.97% and -38.70% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.27%).
with sales reaching $965.61M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -7.46% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 13.09% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 13.00% in year-over-year returns.
Bruker Corp (BRKR) Top Institutional Holders
515.0 institutions hold shares in Bruker Corp (BRKR), with institutional investors hold 118.11% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 151.59M, and float is at 102.99M with Short Float at 6.06%. Institutions hold 80.41% 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).
