The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR (NYSE: HDB)

HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR (NYSE:HDB) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.88M but it saw 1289565 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 163.40B USD, the company’s current market price of $64.24 came rising about 0.11 while comparing to the previous closing price of $64.17. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $67.44 and as low as $52.16. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $64.17 while lowest mark touched by it was $64.435.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR (HDB) gives us an average price of $61.81, while its current price level is -4.74% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 23.16% 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 $62.00 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $58.98. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.36% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.37%. 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 59.74 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, HDB’s stock price is moving 5.52% up while it is -2.90% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -4.28% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 12.58%.

Currently, HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 2.54B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 6.06% and return on equity (ROE) at 15.37%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 19.69 while having a 17.60 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.91. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.84 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.85. Its return on asset (ROA) is 1.75% on average.