The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About Diageo plc ADR (NYSE: DEO)

Diageo plc ADR (NYSE:DEO) currently has a daily average trading volume of 880.72K but it saw 779152 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 75.42B USD, the company’s current market price of $135.86 came rising about 2.20 while comparing to the previous closing price of $132.94. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $161.64 and as low as $119.48. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $135.505 while lowest mark touched by it was $136.75.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Diageo plc ADR (DEO) gives us an average price of $131.71, while its current price level is -15.95% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 13.71% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $129.26 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $138.46. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.50% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 1.43%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 62.56 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, DEO’s stock price is moving 1.88% up while it is 5.79% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -6.73% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -14.46%.

Currently, Diageo plc ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 555.11M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 13.52% and return on equity (ROE) at 38.78%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 19.63 while having a 18.47 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.69. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 7.52 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.72. Its return on asset (ROA) is 8.54% on average.