Hologic, Inc (NASDAQ: HOLX) is -9.59% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $51.90 and a high of $84.67 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 HOLX stock was last observed hovering at around $64.75 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.43%.
Currently trading at $65.18, the stock is 5.82% and 10.43% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.93 million and changing 0.66% at the moment leaves the stock -6.75% off its SMA200. HOLX registered -10.07% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -13.70%.
The stock witnessed a 16.94% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 5.44%, and is 0.94% 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 0.94% over the week and 3.28% over the month.
Hologic, Inc (HOLX) has around 7063 employees, a market worth around $14.53B and $4.03B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.52 and Fwd P/E is 14.46. Profit margin for the company is 13.83%. Distance from 52-week low is 25.59% and -23.02% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.85%).
with sales reaching $1.01B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 2.51% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 1.47% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -0.54% in year-over-year returns.
Hologic, Inc (HOLX) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 222.84M, and float is at 220.85M with Short Float at 2.32%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 26.77 million shares valued at $1.99 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.4121% of the HOLX Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 23.1 million shares valued at $1.72 billion to account for 9.8459 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. which holds 22.46 million shares representing 9.5715% and valued at over $1.67 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.4024 of the shares totaling 10.33 million with a market value of $766.87 million.
Hologic, Inc (HOLX) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Madaus Martin D, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Madaus Martin D bought 5,445 shares of the company’s common stock on May 07 ’25 at a price of $55.24 per share for a total of $0.3 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 5445.0 shares.
Hologic, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 04 ’24 that Mitchell Essex D (Chief Operating Officer) sold a total of 24,856 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 04 ’24 and was made at $76.34 per share for $1.9 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 27957.0 shares of the HOLX stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 04 ’24, Mitchell Essex D (Officer) Proposed Sale 24,856 shares at an average price of $76.34 for $1.9 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Hologic, Inc (HOLX).
