UBS Group AG (NYSE: UBS) is -12.10% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $26.00 and a high of $35.84 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 UBS stock was last observed hovering at around $26.76 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.11%.
Currently trading at $26.65, the stock is -15.42% and -19.14% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.95 million and changing -0.41% at the moment leaves the stock -15.47% off its SMA200. UBS registered -13.04% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -13.08%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $32.9594 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $31.5268.
The stock witnessed a -21.96% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -15.18%, and is -12.99% 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 4.23% over the week and 2.34% over the month.
UBS Group AG (UBS) has around 108648 employees, a market worth around $84.61B and $86.90B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.57 and Fwd P/E is 8.71. Profit margin for the company is 5.85%. Distance from 52-week low is 2.48% and -25.64% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.22%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 36.06% this year.
UBS Group AG (UBS) Top Institutional Holders
1168.0 institutions hold shares in UBS Group AG (UBS), with institutional investors hold 55.47% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 3.17B, and float is at 2.94B with Short Float at 0.38%. Institutions hold 55.44% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is NORGES BANK with over 168.29 million shares valued at $4.95 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 5.2383% of the UBS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is UBS GROUP AG with 156.59 million shares valued at $4.63 billion to account for 4.8855 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 124.94 million shares representing 3.8981% and valued at over $3.69 billion, while MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ holds 3.0543 of the shares totaling 98.12 million with a market value of $2.9 billion.
UBS Group AG (UBS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by UBS Group AG, the company’s 10% Owner. SEC filings show that UBS Group AG sold 100 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 21 ’25 at a price of $7.68 per share for a total of $768.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 9501.0 shares.
UBS Group AG disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 27 ’24 that UBS Group AG (10% Owner) bought a total of 3,715 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 27 ’24 and was made at $0.55 per share for $2052.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.15 million shares of the UBS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jul 08 ’24, UBS Group AG (10% Owner) acquired 105 shares at an average price of $4.53 for $476.0. The insider now directly holds 25,379 shares of UBS Group AG (UBS).
