Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ: AZN) is -8.60% 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 $69.88 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 5279930.12%.
Currently trading at $5280000.0, the stock is -0.57% and 1.23% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.73 million and changing 2.26% at the moment leaves the stock 0.28% off its SMA200. AZN registered 9.07% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 7.43%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $70.5952 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $71.26225.
The stock witnessed a -1.88% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.78%, and is 1.30% 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 1.30% over the week and 1.38% over the month.
Astrazeneca plc ADR (AZN) has around 94300 employees, a market worth around $221.62B and $54.98B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 28.71 and Fwd P/E is 14.02. Profit margin for the company is 14.14%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.69% and -18.49% 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 10.21% this year.
Astrazeneca plc ADR (AZN) Top Institutional Holders
1509.0 institutions hold shares in Astrazeneca plc ADR (AZN), with institutional investors hold 17.08% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 3.10B, and float is at 3.10B with Short Float at 0.24%. 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.
