Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ: AZN): Retirees Don’t Worry About Volatility

Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ:AZN) currently has a daily average trading volume of 5.68M but it saw 2018674 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 203.15B USD, the company’s current market price of $65.52 came falling about -0.08 while comparing to the previous closing price of $65.57. 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 $65.42 while lowest mark touched by it was $66.03.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Astrazeneca plc ADR (AZN) gives us an average price of $66.59, while its current price level is -25.27% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 8.35% 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 $67.81 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $74.92. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.04% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.32%. 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 43.26 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, AZN’s stock price is moving -1.67% down while it is -3.11% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -2.72% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -2.72%.

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 31.49 while having a 13.94 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.47. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 4.99 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.97. Its return on asset (ROA) is 6.46% on average.