With 3.10B Outstanding Shares, Can Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ: AZN) Deliver Big Short-Term Gains?

Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ:AZN) currently has a daily average trading volume of 5.47M but it saw 5025593 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 209.38B USD, the company’s current market price of $67.53 came rising about 1.12 while comparing to the previous closing price of $66.78. 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 $67.25 while lowest mark touched by it was $68.01.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Astrazeneca plc ADR (AZN) gives us an average price of $65.50, while its current price level is -22.98% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 11.68% 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 $71.68 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $74.87. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 0.99% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.49%. 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 48.05 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, AZN’s stock price is moving 0.49% up while it is 1.90% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 0.27% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 5.50%.

Currently, Astrazeneca plc ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 3.10B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 9.19% and return on equity (ROE) at 16.67%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 32.45 while having a 14.35 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.46. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 5.14 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 4.09. Its return on asset (ROA) is 6.46% on average.