IQVIA Holdings Inc (NYSE: IQV) Emerges As Guiding Light For Investors

IQVIA Holdings Inc (NYSE:IQV) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.43M but it saw 1394195 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 31.62B USD, the company’s current market price of $179.36 came falling about -0.37 while comparing to the previous closing price of $180.02. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $253.84 and as low as $179.12. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $176.7401 while lowest mark touched by it was $180.705.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of IQVIA Holdings Inc (IQV) gives us an average price of $185.09, while its current price level is -29.34% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 0.13% 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 $193.64 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $214.42. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.59% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.73%. 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 37.50 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, IQV’s stock price is moving -2.66% down while it is -6.07% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -8.73% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -27.93%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Feb-05, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 2.64 while estimate for next year EPS is 11.87. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $3.92B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $15.91B and seeing the company making $16.88B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $3.77B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, IQVIA Holdings Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 176.10M with 0.88% of that held by the insiders while 95.89% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 7.12% and return on equity (ROE) at 22.55%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 23.93 while having a 13.56 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.47. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 5.21 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.05. Its return on asset (ROA) is 5.13% on average.