AMGEN Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN) kicked off on Tuesday, down -0.68% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $277.63. Over the past 52 weeks, AMGN has traded in a range of $257.80-$346.85.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Healthcare sector was 3.42%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 4.98%. With a float of $536.24 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $537.50 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 26700 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 60.35%, operating margin of 18.85%, and the pretax margin is 14.43%.
AMGEN Inc (AMGN) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Drug Manufacturers – General Industry. The insider ownership of AMGEN Inc is 0.24%, while institutional ownership is 78.01%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 03 ’24, was worth 662,802. In this transaction SVP & CCO of this company sold 2,117 shares at a rate of $313.09, taking the stock ownership to the 9,883 shares.
AMGEN Inc (AMGN) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 4.81 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 4.98% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 5.00% during the next five years compared to -0.22% drop over the previous five years of trading.
AMGEN Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at AMGEN Inc’s (AMGN) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.96. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.59. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 23.59.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 7.81, a number that is poised to hit 5.04 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 20.68 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of AMGEN Inc (AMGN)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 2.61 million, its volume of 3.47 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 49.75%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 7.71.
During the past 100 days, AMGEN Inc’s (AMGN) raw stochastic average was set at 20.16%, which indicates a significant decrease from 45.42% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 28.32% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 25.85% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $305.60, while its 200-day Moving Average is $305.41. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $278.31 in the near term. At $280.88, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $283.85. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $272.77, it is likely to go to the next support level at $269.80. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $267.23.
AMGEN Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 148.22 billion has total of 537,533K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 28,190 M in contrast with the sum of 6,717 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 8,503 M and last quarter income was 2,830 M.
