Currently, there are 3.10B common shares owned by the public and among those 3.10B shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -0.78% and -14.49% over the past three months. AZN shares are trading 0.32% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -5.52% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $60.47 and touched a high of $87.68 over the same period. AZN has an average intraday trading volume of 5.75 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -0.64%, -1.05%, and -12.28% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ: AZN) shares accounts for 15.80% of the company’s 3.10B shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $203.81B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.46. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 31.59, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $2.08. The company has a PEG of 2.32 and a Quick Ratio of 0.71 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 0.78. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 1.28% over the week and 1.27% over the month.
Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 13.55%, and 13.61% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 13.62% over the next five years, compared to 17.72% over the past 5-year period.
Deutsche Bank was of a view on September 13, 2024 that the stock is Sell, while Goldman gave the stock Buy rating on May 30, 2024, issuing a price target of $97. Deutsche Bank on their part issued Hold rating on April 16, 2024.
