Bruker Corp (NASDAQ: BRKR) is -32.04% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $34.10 and a high of $82.04 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 BRKR stock was last observed hovering at around $39.66 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.18%.
Currently trading at $39.84, the stock is 3.55% and -8.52% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.78 million and changing 0.45% at the moment leaves the stock -29.56% off its SMA200. BRKR registered -50.56% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -31.77%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $43.5522 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $56.561.
The stock witnessed a -5.32% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -29.00%, and is 7.79% 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 3.95% over the week and 6.27% over the month.
Bruker Corp (BRKR) has around 11396 employees, a market worth around $6.04B and $3.37B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 52.46 and Fwd P/E is 13.39. Profit margin for the company is 3.36%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.83% and -51.44% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.85%).
with sales reaching $772.47M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 7.58% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.42% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 7.03% in year-over-year returns.
Bruker Corp (BRKR) Top Institutional Holders
510.0 institutions hold shares in Bruker Corp (BRKR), with institutional investors hold 121.51% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 151.68M, and float is at 102.89M with Short Float at 6.29%. Institutions hold 82.67% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. with over 13.55 million shares valued at $864.43 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.1906% of the BRKR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FMR LLC with 11.78 million shares valued at $751.95 million to account for 7.9947 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 10.89 million shares representing 7.3897% and valued at over $695.04 million, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 6.6698 of the shares totaling 9.83 million with a market value of $627.34 million.
Bruker Corp (BRKR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Bures Thomas, the company’s Chief Accounting Officer. SEC filings show that Bures Thomas bought 500 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 10 ’25 at a price of $47.40 per share for a total of $23698.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 3472.0 shares.
Bruker Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 18 ’25 that LAUKIEN FRANK H (PRESIDENT & CEO) bought a total of 20,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 18 ’25 and was made at $50.92 per share for $1.02 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 38.46 million shares of the BRKR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 02 ’24, PACKER RICHARD A (Director) disposed off 3,350 shares at an average price of $57.82 for $0.19 million. The insider now directly holds 80,904 shares of Bruker Corp (BRKR).
