Johnson Controls International plc (NYSE: JCI): To Buy Or Not To Buy, That Is The Question

Johnson Controls International plc (JCI) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $57.80, with 4.67 million shares of worth about $270.18 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -1.78% during that period and on Wednesday the price saw a gain of about 2.07%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 680.37M shares, out of which, 675.78M shares are available for trading.

According to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), insiders took part in trade of the company’s stock for 37 times over the past 12 months. They bought 413,221 shares in 16 of the transactions. In 21 selling transactions, insiders dumped 441,077 shares.

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Stock saw a price change of 5.59% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 5.28%. Year-to-date (YTD), JCI shares are showing a performance of 0.28% which decreased to -10.68% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $47.90 but also hit the highest price of $70.43 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Johnson Controls International plc shares is 6.49 million. The stock is currently trading 4.61% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 4.15% for SMA50 and it goes to -0.48% lower than SMA200.

Johnson Controls International plc (NYSE: JCI) currently have 680.37M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 91.89% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $39.39B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.24. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 18.81, while it has posted earnings per share of $3.07 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.60 and has Quick Ratio of 0.71 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for JCI, volatility over the week remained 2.42% while standing at 2.35% over the month.

Analysts are in expectations that Johnson Controls International plc (JCI) stock would likely to be making an EPS of $0.75 in the current quarter, while forecast for next quarter EPS is $1.13 and it is $4.1 for next year. For the current quarter EPS, analysts have given the company a lowest target $0.73 which is $0.78 at the higher side of the target for the same. When we compare those targets with actual EPS, we find that company posted an EPS of $0.75 in the same quarter a year ago. Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 3.41% while it is estimated to increase by 13.98% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 11.72% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 3.00% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Coverage by HSBC Securities stated Johnson Controls International plc (JCI) stock as a Hold in their note to investors on January 31, 2024, suggesting a price target of $60 for the stock. On January 31, 2024, Deutsche Bank Downgrade their recommendations, while on January 12, 2024, RBC Capital Mkts Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $50. Stock get a Hold rating from Vertical Research on December 13, 2023.

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