Astrazeneca plc ADR (AZN) Down -26.27% From Its 52-Week High, But Growth Potential Is Changing Over Time

Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ:AZN) currently has a daily average trading volume of 5.45M but it saw 6595417 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 200.43B USD, the company’s current market price of $64.64 came falling about -3.78 while comparing to the previous closing price of $67.18. 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 $64.62 while lowest mark touched by it was $66.42.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Astrazeneca plc ADR (AZN) gives us an average price of $66.65, while its current price level is -26.27% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 6.90% 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 $69.72 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $74.96. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.53% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 1.30%. 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 37.48 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, AZN’s stock price is moving -4.09% down while it is 1.97% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -4.02% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -1.99%.

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 31.06 while having a 13.75 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.46. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 4.92 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.91. Its return on asset (ROA) is 6.46% on average.