Bank of Montreal (NYSE: BMO): Think Like A Lender, Not An Investor

Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.05M but it saw 919347 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 92.39B USD, the company’s current market price of $91.12 came falling about -0.84 while comparing to the previous closing price of $91.89. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $100.12 and as low as $74.48. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $90.43 while lowest mark touched by it was $92.15.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Bank of Montreal (BMO) gives us an average price of $92.42, while its current price level is -8.99% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 22.34% 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 $89.01 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $90.02. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.27% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 1.26%. 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 47.76 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, BMO’s stock price is moving -2.43% down while it is 0.09% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -7.90% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 20.61%.

Currently, Bank of Montreal’s total number of outstanding shares is 729.41M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 5.48% and return on equity (ROE) at 8.38%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 14.36 while having a 11.45 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.10. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.23 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.62. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.50% on average.