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After finishing at $73.05 in the prior trading day, Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ: AZN) closed at $72.72, down -0.45%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.45 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.03 million shares were traded. AZN stock price reached its highest trading level at $73.105 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $71.82.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of AZN by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 39.89 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 21.94. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.74 and its Current Ratio is at 0.93. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.74 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.68.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AZN now has a Market Capitalization of 229428690944 and an Enterprise Value of 137775726592. As of this moment, Astrazeneca’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 32.27, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.41. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.97. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.17 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.53. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.548 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.843.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AZN is 0.50, which has changed by 0.070172906 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10063088 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AZN has reached a high of $87.68, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $62.75. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.53%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -2.74%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 5.43M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4977940 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 3.10B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 3.10B. Insiders hold about 0.02% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 16.80% stake in the company. Shares short for AZN as of 1741910400 were 15244715 with a Short Ratio of 2.81, compared to 1739491200 on 15458868. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15244715 and a Short% of Float of 0.49.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, AZN’s forward annual dividend rate was 3.1, compared to 1.55 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.042436685The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.3. The current Payout Ratio is 66.98% for AZN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-21 with an ex-dividend date of 1740096000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-07-27 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
