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Viatris Inc (NASDAQ: VTRS) closed the day trading at $7.48 down -1.97% from the previous closing price of $7.63. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.97 from its previous closing price. On the day, 11.9 million shares were traded. VTRS stock price reached its highest trading level at $7.665 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $7.39.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of VTRS, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 10.76 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 4.52. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.89 and its Current Ratio is at 1.56. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.77 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.76.
On October 23, 2023, BofA Securities Downgraded its rating to Underperform which previously was Neutral and also lowered its target price recommendation from $13 to $9.
Barclays Downgraded its Equal Weight to Underweight on June 23, 2023, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $11.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 11 ’24 when Campbell Paul sold 26,925 shares for $12.88 per share. The transaction valued at 346,686 led to the insider holds 126,901 shares of the business.
Campbell Paul bought 26,925 shares of VTRS for $346,686 on Nov 11 ’24. On Sep 12 ’24, another insider, Malik Rajiv, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 139,681 shares for $11.66 each. As a result, the insider received 1,628,164 and left with 505,838 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VTRS now has a Market Capitalization of 8928800768 and an Enterprise Value of 22144792576. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.61 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.48. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.502 whereas that against EBITDA is 4.94.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VTRS is 0.91, which has changed by -0.3261261 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07455289 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VTRS has reached a high of $13.55, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $6.85. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -20.98%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -33.55%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, VTRS traded about 14.37M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, VTRS traded about 16247540 shares per day. A total of 1.19B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 1.16B. Insiders hold about 2.55% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 82.75% stake in the company. Shares short for VTRS as of 1743379200 were 44816607 with a Short Ratio of 3.12, compared to 1740700800 on 26645950. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 44816607 and a Short% of Float of 4.2700000000000005.
Dividends & Splits
VTRS’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.48, up from 0.48 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.062909566The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.89.
