Prudential plc ADR (NYSE: PUK) Recovers 20.42% From 52-Week Low, Is PUK Still A High-Risk, High-Reward Play?

Prudential plc ADR (NYSE:PUK) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.15M but it saw 2222637 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 25.50B USD, the company’s current market price of $18.99 came rising about 2.76 while comparing to the previous closing price of $18.48. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $23.73 and as low as $15.77. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $18.9143 while lowest mark touched by it was $19.29.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Prudential plc ADR (PUK) gives us an average price of $17.20, while its current price level is -19.97% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 20.42% 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 $17.14 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $19.12. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.98% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 1.93%. 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 67.25 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, PUK’s stock price is moving 11.77% up while it is 12.97% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -15.41% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -9.66%.

Currently, Prudential plc ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.37B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 4.03% and return on equity (ROE) at 5.23%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 30.02 while having a 8.74 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.22. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.61 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.68. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.51% on average.