A new trading day began on Friday, with Catalent Inc (NYSE: CTLT) stock price up 2.21% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $59.66. CTLT’s price has ranged from $36.74 to $61.20 over the past 52 weeks.
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A company in the Healthcare sector has jumped its sales by 12.75% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 340.44%. With a float of $179.82 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $181.00 million.
In an organization with 16900 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 21.82%, operating margin of 1.27%, and the pretax margin is -7.85%.
Catalent Inc (CTLT) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Drug Manufacturers – Specialty & Generic Industry. The insider ownership of Catalent Inc is 0.93%, while institutional ownership is 86.80%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 11 ’24, was worth 167,160. In this transaction Director of this company sold 2,800 shares at a rate of $59.70, taking the stock ownership to the 10,835 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 11 ’24, when Company’s Director proposed sale 2,800 for $59.70, making the entire transaction worth $167,160.
Catalent Inc (CTLT) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of -0.24 per share, which was $0.1 lower than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.3 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 340.44% per share during the next fiscal year.
Catalent Inc (NYSE: CTLT) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Catalent Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.96. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.56. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 114.28.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -2.27, a number that is poised to hit 0.14 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.70 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Catalent Inc (CTLT)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 2.11 million. That was better than the volume of 2.04 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 67.51%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.65.
During the past 100 days, Catalent Inc’s (CTLT) raw stochastic average was set at 89.73%, which indicates a significant increase from 83.78% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 15.08% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 9.06% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $59.82, while its 200-day Moving Average is $57.83. However, in the short run, Catalent Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $61.71. Second resistance stands at $62.45. The third major resistance level sits at $63.39. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $60.03, it is likely to go to the next support level at $59.09. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $58.35.
Catalent Inc (NYSE: CTLT) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 11.31 billion, the company has a total of 181,512K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 4,381 M while annual income is -1,043 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,023 M while its latest quarter income was -129,000 K.
