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Astrazeneca plc ADR (NASDAQ: AZN) closed the day trading at $76.52 up 0.26% from the previous closing price of $76.32. In other words, the price has increased by $0.26 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.19 million shares were traded. AZN stock price reached its highest trading level at $77.01 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $76.27.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of AZN, 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 41.97 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 23.08. 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 237457620992 and an Enterprise Value of 143667806208. As of this moment, Astrazeneca’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 33.95, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.12. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.06. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.39 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.82. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.657 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.178.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AZN is 0.48, which has changed by 0.15484452 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08190584 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 5.50%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 2.17%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, AZN traded about 5.54M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, AZN traded about 5417710 shares per day. 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 1740700800 were 16973347 with a Short Ratio of 3.06, compared to 1738281600 on 16943349. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 16973347 and a Short% of Float of 0.5499999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
AZN’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.55, up from 3.1 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.040618446The 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.
