Bruker Corp (NASDAQ: BRKR) is -31.68% 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 $42.36 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.24%.
Currently trading at $42.12, the stock is 4.15% and 7.63% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.54 million and changing -0.57% at the moment leaves the stock -16.59% off its SMA200. BRKR registered -28.15% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -29.48%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $39.1346 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $50.4979.
The stock witnessed a 9.97% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 8.84%, and is 0.53% 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 3.62% over the week and 4.30% over the month.
Bruker Corp (BRKR) has around 11396 employees, a market worth around $6.38B and $3.45B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 80.21 and Fwd P/E is 15.52. Profit margin for the company is 2.31%. Distance from 52-week low is 23.52% and -42.25% 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 0.44% this year
542.0 institutions hold shares in Bruker Corp (BRKR), with institutional investors hold 120.75% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 151.52M, and float is at 102.99M with Short Float at 9.60%. Institutions hold 82.15% of the Float.
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).
