Zoetis Inc (NYSE: ZTS) is -8.41% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $139.70 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 $150.83 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.61%.
Currently trading at $149.22, the stock is -5.27% and -8.37% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.79 million and changing -1.07% at the moment leaves the stock -14.90% off its SMA200. ZTS registered -0.51% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -21.50%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $162.8438 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $175.3478.
The stock witnessed a -9.66% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.24%, and is 3.33% 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 5.29% over the week and 3.41% over the month.
Zoetis Inc (ZTS) has around 13800 employees, a market worth around $66.56B and $9.26B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.30 and Fwd P/E is 22.03. Profit margin for the company is 26.86%. Distance from 52-week low is 6.81% and -25.51% 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 2.87% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 1.15% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 0.37% in year-over-year returns.
Zoetis Inc (ZTS) Top Institutional Holders
2518.0 institutions hold shares in Zoetis Inc (ZTS), with institutional investors hold 96.77% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 448.47M, and float is at 445.61M with Short Float at 1.55%. Institutions hold 96.55% 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
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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).
