A Few Bright Spots In Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ: AZN)

Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ:AZN) currently has a daily average trading volume of 4.46M but it saw 2685318 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 235.33B USD, the company’s current market price of $75.90 came falling about -1.36 while comparing to the previous closing price of $76.95. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $87.68 and as low as $60.47. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $75.73 while lowest mark touched by it was $76.76.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Astrazeneca plc ADR (AZN) gives us an average price of $77.64, while its current price level is -13.43% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 25.52% 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 $80.53 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $74.65. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.03% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 0.99%. 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 34.91 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, AZN’s stock price is moving -2.72% down while it is -2.12% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 12.69% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 17.55%.

Currently, Astrazeneca plc ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 3.10B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 9.51% and return on equity (ROE) at 16.75%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 36.78 while having a 16.18 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.47. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 5.96 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 4.79. Its return on asset (ROA) is 6.41% on average.