Cooper Companies, Inc (NASDAQ: COO) is -12.47% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $69.81 and a high of $112.38 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 COO stock was last observed hovering at around $81.76 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.29%.
Currently trading at $80.47, the stock is -0.96% and -0.52% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.64 million and changing -1.58% at the moment leaves the stock -14.87% off its SMA200. COO registered -15.08% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -22.44%.
The stock witnessed a 2.17% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.53%, and is -0.96% 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 3.07% over the week and 2.58% over the month.
Cooper Companies, Inc (COO) has around 16000 employees, a market worth around $16.09B and $3.93B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 38.91 and Fwd P/E is 18.18. Profit margin for the company is 10.57%. Distance from 52-week low is 15.27% and -28.39% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.91%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 8.01% this year
The shares outstanding are 199.90M, and float is at 198.67M with Short Float at 2.37%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 23.72 million shares valued at $2.07 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.9116 of the COO Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 17.4 million shares valued at $1.52 billion to account for 8.7411 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 8.49 million shares representing 4.2623 and valued at over $740.84 million, while KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC holds 3.928 of the shares totaling 7.82 million with a market value of $682.74 million.
Cooper Companies, Inc (COO) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by White Albert G III, the company’s President & CEO. SEC filings show that White Albert G III sold 114,992 shares of the company’s common stock on Sep 19 ’24 at a price of $110.53 per share for a total of $12.71 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.17 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 10 ’24, Ricupati Agostino (SVP & CAO) disposed off 1,601 shares at an average price of $108.03 for $0.17 million. The insider now directly holds 4,818 shares of Cooper Companies, Inc (COO).
