Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ: AZN): Reassessing Prospects

Astrazeneca plc ADR (AZN) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $78.90, with 3.58 million shares of worth about $282.29 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 20.04% during that period and on September 19, 2024 the price saw a gain of about 0.41%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 3.10B shares, out of which, 3.10B shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -0.08% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -7.32%. Year-to-date (YTD), AZN shares are showing a performance of 17.15% which increased to 18.34% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $60.47 but also hit the highest price of $87.68 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Astrazeneca plc ADR shares is 4.42 million. The stock is currently trading -5.38% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -3.31% for SMA50 and it goes to 7.87% higher than SMA200.

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Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ: AZN) currently have 3.10B outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 16.27% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $244.64B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.49. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 38.23, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.06 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.92 and has Quick Ratio of 0.69 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for AZN, volatility over the week remained 1.18% while standing at 1.40% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 12.85% while it is estimated to increase by 15.56% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 13.10% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 17.72% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Coverage by Goldman stated Astrazeneca plc ADR (AZN) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on May 30, 2024, suggesting a price target of $97 for the stock. Stock get an Overweight rating from Morgan Stanley on January 23, 2024.

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