As on November 17, 2020, AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE: ABC) started slowly as it slid -3.78% to $104.89. During the day, the stock rose to $108.08 and sunk to $104.31 before settling in for the price of $109.01 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, ABC posted a 52-week range of $72.06-$111.25.
The Healthcare Sector giants’ yearly sales growth during the last 5-year period was 8.50%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 26.40%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -18.60%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $203.65 million, simultaneously with a float of $146.95 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $21.01 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $98.76, while the 200-day Moving Average is $95.04.
Let’s gauge the efficiency of the firm, which has a total of 22000 employees. For the Profitability, stocks gross margin was +2.53, operating margin was +1.10 and Pretax Margin of -2.79.
AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Medical Distribution industry. AmerisourceBergen Corporation’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.10%, in contrast to 68.20% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Nov 09, this organization’s Executive Vice President sold 5,602 shares at the rate of 108.42, making the entire transaction reach 607,369 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 51,795. Preceding that transaction, on Oct 15, Company’s Executive Vice President sold 5,602 for 97.89, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 548,380. This particular insider is now the holder of 51,795 in total.
AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC) Earnings and Revenue Records
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 9/29/2020, the company posted $1.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, besting the agreed prediction (set at $1.85) by $0.04. This company achieved a net margin of -1.80 while generating a return on equity of -334.31. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.49 per share during the current fiscal year.
AmerisourceBergen Corporation’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -18.60% and is forecasted to reach 9.16 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 7.97% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 26.40% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE: ABC) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.60. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 3.27. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.11. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 13.10.
In the same vein, ABC’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded -16.79, a figure that is expected to reach 1.94 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 9.16 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [AmerisourceBergen Corporation, ABC], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 1.14 million was lower the volume of 1.34 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 53.45% While, its Average True Range was 3.53.
Raw Stochastic average of AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 66.96%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 66.55% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 35.35% that was higher than 25.40% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.