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Viatris Inc (NASDAQ: VTRS) closed the day trading at $8.96 up 0.11% from the previous closing price of $8.95. In other words, the price has increased by $0.11 from its previous closing price. On the day, 11.1 million shares were traded. VTRS stock price reached its highest trading level at $9.12 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $8.9.
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 12.89 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.41. 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 10695461888 and an Enterprise Value of 23911450624. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.73 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.57. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.622 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.334.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VTRS is 0.91, which has changed by -0.24344885 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, VTRS has reached a high of $13.55, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $8.77. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -13.78%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -21.56%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, VTRS traded about 12.87M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, VTRS traded about 18695920 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 82.73% stake in the company. Shares short for VTRS as of 1741910400 were 45307626 with a Short Ratio of 3.52, compared to 1739491200 on 27394158. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 45307626 and a Short% of Float of 4.32.
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 0.053631283The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.89. The current Payout Ratio is 1059.60% for VTRS, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-10 with an ex-dividend date of 1741564800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2003-10-09 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
