Bruker Corp (NASDAQ: BRKR) is -9.72% 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 $51.54 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.38%.
Currently trading at $52.92, the stock is -2.80% and -7.39% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.15 million and changing 2.68% at the moment leaves the stock -15.37% off its SMA200. BRKR registered -35.32% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -18.68%.
The stock witnessed a -11.90% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 3.16%, and is 2.46% 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 5.13% over the week and 4.16% over the month.
Bruker Corp (BRKR) has around 9707 employees, a market worth around $8.02B and $3.37B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 69.69 and Fwd P/E is 17.15. Profit margin for the company is 3.36%. Distance from 52-week low is 10.09% and -44.21% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.93%).
with sales reaching $763.83M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 10.46% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.92% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 5.84% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 151.60M, and float is at 102.89M with Short Float at 6.56%.
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 9.1906 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 7.9947 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 purchase by LAUKIEN FRANK H, the company’s PRESIDENT & CEO. SEC filings show that LAUKIEN FRANK H bought 20,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 18 ’25 at a price of $50.92 per share for a total of $1.02 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 38.46 million shares.
Bruker Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 02 ’24 that PACKER RICHARD A (Director) sold a total of 3,350 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 02 ’24 and was made at $57.82 per share for $0.19 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 80904.0 shares of the BRKR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 02 ’24, PACKER RICHARD A (Director) Proposed Sale 3,350 shares at an average price of $57.82 for $0.19 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Bruker Corp (BRKR).
