Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ: AZN) is -10.21% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $61.24 and a high of $87.68 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 AZN stock was last observed hovering at around $70.64 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -65.27%.
Currently trading at $5.37M, the stock is -2.26% and 0.32% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.65 million and changing 3646596% at the moment leaves the stock -1.41% off its SMA200. AZN registered 7.66% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 9.13%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $70.3126 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $71.5507.
The stock witnessed a 0.84% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -4.79%, and is -4.09% 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 0.88% over the week and 1.38% over the month.
Astrazeneca plc ADR (AZN) has around 94300 employees, a market worth around $218.77B and $54.98B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 28.34 and Fwd P/E is 13.84. Profit margin for the company is 14.14%. Distance from 52-week low is 15.19% and -19.54% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.28%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 10.29% this year.
Astrazeneca plc ADR (AZN) Top Institutional Holders
1519.0 institutions hold shares in Astrazeneca plc ADR (AZN), with institutional investors hold 17.09% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 3.10B, and float is at 3.10B with Short Float at 0.22%. Institutions hold 17.08% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ with over 64.94 million shares valued at $5.06 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 4.1788% of the AZN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ with 42.6 million shares valued at $3.32 billion to account for 2.7411 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP which holds 40.57 million shares representing 2.6106% and valued at over $3.16 billion, while CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS holds 2.3618 of the shares totaling 36.7 million with a market value of $2.86 billion.
