Constellation Brands Inc (STZ) 20 Days SMA touches -0.20%: The odds favor the bear

On Tuesday, Constellation Brands Inc (NYSE: STZ) opened higher 0.04% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $242.96. Price fluctuations for STZ have ranged from $227.50 to $274.87 over the past 52 weeks.

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Consumer Defensive Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 4.20% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 13.76% at the time writing. With a float of $152.33 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $182.89 million.

The firm has a total of 10600 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 50.66%, operating margin of 32.97%, and the pretax margin is 28.81%.

Constellation Brands Inc (STZ) Insider Activity

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Beverages – Brewers industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Constellation Brands Inc is 16.40%, while institutional ownership is 83.11%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 09 ’24, was worth 4,826,574. In this transaction EVP & CFO of this company sold 20,097 shares at a rate of $240.16, taking the stock ownership to the 11,702 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 08 ’24, when Company’s EVP & CFO sold 13,583 for $240.00, making the entire transaction worth $3,259,920. This insider now owns 11,702 shares in total.

Constellation Brands Inc (STZ) Earnings and Forecasts

If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 5/31/2024, the company posted 3.7 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, besting the agreed prediction (set at 3.36) by 0.34. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.48 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 13.76% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 11.30% during the next five years compared to -11.78% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Constellation Brands Inc (NYSE: STZ) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Constellation Brands Inc (STZ). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.54. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.38. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 30.80.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 13.44, a number that is poised to hit 4.11 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 15.21 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Constellation Brands Inc (STZ)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Constellation Brands Inc, STZ], we can find that recorded value of 0.76 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 1.18 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 70.21%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.66.

During the past 100 days, Constellation Brands Inc’s (STZ) raw stochastic average was set at 19.03%, which indicates a significant decrease from 62.28% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 22.12% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 20.52% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $250.32, while its 200-day Moving Average is $250.45. Now, the first resistance to watch is $245.07. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $247.10. The third major resistance level sits at $248.42. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $241.72, it is likely to go to the next support level at $240.40. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $238.37.

Constellation Brands Inc (NYSE: STZ) Key Stats

There are currently 182,976K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 44.28 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 9,962 M according to its annual income of 1,727 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 2,662 M and its income totaled 877,000 K.