Reflections On The Past For Investors Today: Banco Santander S.A. ADR (NYSE: SAN)

Banco Santander S.A. ADR (NYSE:SAN) does about 2.97M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 5866009 shares change hands in Monday trading. The company now has a market cap of 73.91B USD. Its current market price is $4.76, marking an increase of 1.93% compared to the previous close of $4.67. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $4.69 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $3.20.

Banco Santander S.A. ADR (SAN) has a 20-day trading average at $4.35 and the current price is 1.49% off the 52-week high compared with 48.75% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $4.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is $3.91. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 1.47%, which decreases to 1.22% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 82.98 to suggest the stock is overbought.

The consensus objective for the share price is $5.46, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 12.82% over the period.

Banco Santander S.A. ADR (SAN) stock is up 6.73% over the week and 16.10% over the past month. Its price is 14.98% year-to-date and 36.39% over the past year.

The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 12/30/2023, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of $0.18 below consensus estimates by -$0.01. SAN’s earnings per share are forecast to grow by 8.50% this year and 2.60% over next year.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 12.82 percent from here.

Outstanding shares total 15.89B with insiders holding 0.00% of the shares and institutional holders owning 2.43% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 2.77% and return on equity of 12.04%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 6.65 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 5.92. The beta has a value of 1.21. Price to book ratio is 0.72 and price to sales ratio is 0.54.