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Is Illumina Inc (ILMN) a good stock to buy now?

Illumina Inc (NASDAQ: ILMN) is -36.47% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $83.79 and a high of $156.66 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 ILMN stock was last observed hovering at around $84.20 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.69%.

Currently trading at $84.89, the stock is -15.95% and -30.38% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.14 million and changing 0.82% at the moment leaves the stock -32.52% off its SMA200. ILMN registered -37.53% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -36.55%.

The stock witnessed a -36.05% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -41.20%, and is -11.35% 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 5.12% over the week and 4.73% over the month.

Illumina Inc (ILMN) has around 10370 employees, a market worth around $13.45B and $4.37B in sales. Fwd P/E is 16.47. Profit margin for the company is -27.95%. Distance from 52-week low is 1.31% and -45.81% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-27.67%).

with sales reaching $1.04B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 8.49% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -0.41% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -3.23% in year-over-year returns.

Illumina Inc (ILMN) Top Institutional Holders

The shares outstanding are 159.00M, and float is at 157.62M with Short Float at 4.08%.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 18.07 million shares valued at $1.89 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.3671% of the ILMN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 15.88 million shares valued at $$1.66 billion to account for 9.9894 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO which holds 5.61 million shares representing 3.5253% and valued at over $585.07 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.5202 of the shares totaling 5.6 million with a market value of $584.23 million.

Illumina Inc (ILMN) Insider Activity

A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Illumina Inc (ILMN) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times.

Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 18 ’25, PATRICIA L LECKMAN (Officer) Proposed Sale 1,756 shares at an average price of $100.00 for $0.18 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Illumina Inc (ILMN).

Illumina Inc (ILMN): Who are the competitors?

The company’s main competitors (and peers) include Labcorp Holdings Inc. (LH) that is trading 17.91% up over the past 12 months. Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (CRL) that is -37.63% lower over the same period.

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