Can Buying Koninklijke Philips N.V. ADR (NYSE: PHG) Still Be Worthwhile?

Koninklijke Philips N.V. ADR (NYSE:PHG) does about 1.10M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 711003 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 24.02B USD. Its current market price is $25.76, marking an increase of 0.04% compared to the previous close of $25.75. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $28.47 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $17.16.

Koninklijke Philips N.V. ADR (PHG) has a 20-day trading average at $26.01 and the current price is -9.51% off the 52-week high compared with 50.08% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $26.34 and its 200-day simple moving average is $22.58. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 0.95%, which increases to 1.14% 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 46.55 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $28.31, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 9.01% over the period.

2 analysts have rated it as a buy and 6 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Hold and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Buy the stock.

Koninklijke Philips N.V. ADR (PHG) stock is down -0.43% over the week and -0.16% over the past month. Its price is 14.19% year-to-date and 27.53% over the past year.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 9.01 percent from here.

The company has a return on investment of -2.39% and return on equity of -3.59%. The forward price to earnings ratio is 14.65. The beta has a value of 0.72. Price to book ratio is 1.82 and price to sales ratio is 1.22.