Illumina Inc (NASDAQ: ILMN) is -39.32% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $68.70 and a high of $156.66 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 ILMN stock was last observed hovering at around $82.24 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.15%.
Currently trading at $81.09, the stock is 0.67% and 3.07% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.13 million and changing -1.40% at the moment leaves the stock -30.19% off its SMA200. ILMN registered -18.00% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -43.27%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $78.7502 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $116.3438.
The stock witnessed a 5.99% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.69%, and is 0.90% 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 2.06% over the week and 3.37% over the month.
Illumina Inc (ILMN) has around 10370 employees, a market worth around $12.84B and $4.34B in sales. Fwd P/E is 17.28. Profit margin for the company is -22.25%. Distance from 52-week low is 18.03% and -48.24% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-21.94%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 1.95% this year.
Illumina Inc (ILMN) Top Institutional Holders
1090.0 institutions hold shares in Illumina Inc (ILMN), with institutional investors hold 107.33% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 159.00M, and float is at 153.71M with Short Float at 3.97%. Institutions hold 107.09% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 18.07 million shares valued at $1.89 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.3671% of the ILMN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 15.88 million shares valued at $1.66 billion to account for 9.9894 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO which holds 5.61 million shares representing 3.5253% and valued at over $585.07 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.5202 of the shares totaling 5.6 million with a market value of $584.23 million.
Illumina Inc (ILMN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Dhingra Ankur, the company’s SVP, Chief Financial Officer. SEC filings show that Dhingra Ankur bought 6,100 shares of the company’s common stock on May 12 ’25 at a price of $81.21 per share for a total of $0.5 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 24906.0 shares.
Illumina Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 12 ’25 that Thaysen Jacob (Chief Executive Officer) bought a total of 6,500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 12 ’25 and was made at $80.88 per share for $0.53 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 77540.0 shares of the ILMN stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 13 ’25, Thaysen Jacob (Chief Executive Officer) acquired 5,850 shares at an average price of $80.84 for $0.47 million. The insider now directly holds 83,390 shares of Illumina Inc (ILMN).
