Hologic, Inc (HOLX): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

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Hologic, Inc (NASDAQ:HOLX) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.15M but it saw 3092993 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 12.42B USD, the company’s current market price of $55.74 came rising about 0.69 while comparing to the previous closing price of $55.36. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $84.67 and as low as $51.90.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Hologic, Inc (HOLX) gives us an average price of $56.72, while its current price level is -34.17% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 7.40% 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 $59.23 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $72.02. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.42% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.84%. 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 44.06 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Leerink Partners downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Market Perform” from “Outperform” on February 06, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $80-$75.

Over the week, HOLX’s stock price is moving -0.78% down while it is -3.66% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -22.68% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -26.24%.

Currently, Hologic, Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 222.84M with 0.86% of that held by the insiders while 101.91% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 7.85% and return on equity (ROE) at 11.77%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 23.54 while having a 12.34 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.51. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.69 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.08. Its return on asset (ROA) is 6.45% on average.