Zoetis Inc (NYSE: ZTS) is 4.66% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $144.80 and a high of $200.53 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The ZTS stock was last observed hovering at around $167.24 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.29%.
Currently trading at $170.53, the stock is 2.10% and 2.30% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.01 million and changing 1.97% at the moment leaves the stock -3.77% off its SMA200. ZTS registered -14.71% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -6.77%.
The stock witnessed a -1.26% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.94%, and is 3.16% 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 2.55% over the week and 2.58% over the month.
Zoetis Inc (ZTS) has around 13800 employees, a market worth around $76.36B and $9.26B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 31.20 and Fwd P/E is 24.97. Profit margin for the company is 26.86%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.77% and -14.96% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (24.46%).
with sales reaching $2.2B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 3.60% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 0.72% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 0.42% in year-over-year returns.
Zoetis Inc (ZTS) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 448.47M, and float is at 447.34M with Short Float at 1.84%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 41.22 million shares valued at $7.15 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.0484% of the ZTS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 36.84 million shares valued at $6.39 billion to account for 8.0867 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 19.68 million shares representing 4.3213% and valued at over $3.41 billion, while STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO holds 3.5459 of the shares totaling 16.15 million with a market value of $2.8 billion.
Zoetis Inc (ZTS) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Zoetis Inc (ZTS) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by PECK KRISTIN C, the company’s Chief Executive Officer. SEC filings show that PECK KRISTIN C sold 382 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 19 ’25 at a price of $156.68 per share for a total of $59852.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 94194.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 11 ’25, Lagano Roxanne (Executive Vice President) disposed off 326 shares at an average price of $171.18 for $55805.0. The insider now directly holds 16,107 shares of Zoetis Inc (ZTS).
Zoetis Inc (ZTS): Who are the competitors?
The company’s main competitors (and peers) include Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) that is trading -24.91% down over the past 12 months. IDEXX Laboratories Inc. (IDXX) that is -23.48% lower over the same period.
