Bruker Corp (NASDAQ: BRKR) is -33.33% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $34.10 and a high of $72.94 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 $38.30 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.78%.
Currently trading at $39.08, the stock is 3.23% and 1.96% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.88 million and changing 2.04% at the moment leaves the stock -25.31% off its SMA200. BRKR registered -40.98% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -34.48%.
The stock witnessed a 6.51% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -16.74%, and is -0.33% 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 2.70% over the week and 2.34% over the month.
Bruker Corp (BRKR) has around 11396 employees, a market worth around $5.92B and $3.45B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 74.42 and Fwd P/E is 14.29. Profit margin for the company is 2.31%. Distance from 52-week low is 14.60% and -46.42% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.04%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 0.83% this year.
Bruker Corp (BRKR) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 151.52M, and float is at 102.99M with Short Float at 9.03%.
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 LAUKIEN FRANK H, the company’s PRESIDENT & CEO. SEC filings show that LAUKIEN FRANK H bought 2,608 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 06 ’25 at a price of $38.36 per share for a total of $0.1 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 38.46 million shares.
Bruker Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 10 ’25 that Bures Thomas (Chief Accounting Officer) bought a total of 500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 10 ’25 and was made at $47.40 per share for $23698.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 3472.0 shares of the BRKR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 18 ’25, LAUKIEN FRANK H (PRESIDENT & CEO) acquired 20,000 shares at an average price of $50.92 for $1.02 million. The insider now directly holds 38,459,563 shares of Bruker Corp (BRKR).
