Zoetis Inc (NYSE: ZTS) is -8.02% 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 $158.06 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -8.19%.
Currently trading at $149.87, the stock is -1.07% and -5.69% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.09 million and changing -5.18% at the moment leaves the stock -13.70% off its SMA200. ZTS registered -10.38% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -16.17%.
The stock witnessed a -1.23% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.99%, and is -3.58% 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 3.32% over the week and 3.74% over the month.
Zoetis Inc (ZTS) has around 13800 employees, a market worth around $66.85B and $9.26B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.42 and Fwd P/E is 22.05. Profit margin for the company is 26.86%. Distance from 52-week low is 7.28% and -25.19% 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 3.52% this year.
Zoetis Inc (ZTS) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 448.47M, and float is at 445.61M with Short Float at 1.74%.
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).
