Hologic, Inc (NASDAQ: HOLX) is -12.08% 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 $66.85 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.13%.
Currently trading at $65.72, the stock is 1.13% and 7.24% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.74 million and changing -1.69% at the moment leaves the stock -4.05% off its SMA200. HOLX registered -8.84% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -9.59%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $61.2814 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $68.49755.
The stock witnessed a 0.89% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 10.81%, and is 1.45% 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 1.98% over the month.
Hologic, Inc (HOLX) has around 7063 employees, a market worth around $14.65B and $4.03B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.75 and Fwd P/E is 14.59. Profit margin for the company is 13.83%. Distance from 52-week low is 26.63% and -22.38% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.85%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 2.51% this year.
Hologic, Inc (HOLX) Top Institutional Holders
1089.0 institutions hold shares in Hologic, Inc (HOLX), with institutional investors hold 103.50% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 222.84M, and float is at 220.86M with Short Float at 2.53%. Institutions hold 102.61% of the Float.
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’sDirector. 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.
