Should You Sell Banco Bradesco S.A. ADR (BBD) And Go Away This Year?

Banco Bradesco S.A. ADR (NYSE:BBD) currently has a daily average trading volume of 33.65M but it saw 50633425 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 10.91B USD, the company’s current market price of $2.06 came falling about -4.63 while comparing to the previous closing price of $2.16. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $3.41 and as low as $2.01. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $2.05 while lowest mark touched by it was $2.12.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Banco Bradesco S.A. ADR (BBD) gives us an average price of $2.22, while its current price level is -39.59% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 2.49% 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 $2.43 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $2.57. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.82% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.90%. 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 35.75 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Goldman upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Neutral” on August 19, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $2.50-$3.20.

Over the week, BBD’s stock price is moving -2.83% down while it is -10.82% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -38.55% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -32.15%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in January, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.09 while estimate for next year EPS is 0.33. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $31.48B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $122.01B and seeing the company making $136.75B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $32.25B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Banco Bradesco S.A. ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 5.30B with 0.01% of that held by the insiders while 19.99% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 3.51% and return on equity (ROE) at 8.73%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 7.83 while having a 5.32 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.94. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.71 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.19. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.74% on average.