Zoetis Inc (NYSE: ZTS) is -0.07% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $144.80 and a high of $200.33 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 ZTS stock was last observed hovering at around $161.30 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.52%.
Currently trading at $162.82, the stock is -1.42% and -2.33% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.08 million and changing 0.94% at the moment leaves the stock -7.79% off its SMA200. ZTS registered -3.60% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -15.89%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $166.768 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $176.6473.
The stock witnessed a -3.39% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -1.23%, and is -0.57% 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 1.82% over the week and 2.35% over the month.
Zoetis Inc (ZTS) has around 13800 employees, a market worth around $72.91B and $9.26B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 29.79 and Fwd P/E is 24.03. Profit margin for the company is 26.86%. Distance from 52-week low is 12.44% and -18.72% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (24.46%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 2.88% this year
2526.0 institutions hold shares in Zoetis Inc (ZTS), with institutional investors hold 95.87% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 448.47M, and float is at 447.33M with Short Float at 1.59%. Institutions hold 95.67% of the Float.
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
Zoetis Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 10 ’25 that Lagano Roxanne (Executive Vice President) sold a total of 326 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 10 ’25 and was made at $170.00 per share for $55420.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 15781.0 shares of the ZTS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 11 ’25, Reed Willie M (Director) disposed off 1,210 shares at an average price of $166.14 for $0.2 million. The insider now directly holds 11,245 shares of Zoetis Inc (ZTS).
