Smith & Nephew plc ADR (NYSE: SNN): Making Its Way Up The Stock Market

Smith & Nephew plc ADR (NYSE:SNN) shares, rose in value on Friday, November 22, with the stock price up by 1.08% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $25.31.

Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $25.04, falling within a range of $25.075 and $25.365. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.705 whereas the PE ratio was 36.34 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $31.72, and the low was $23.65. On the whole, SNN has fluctuated by -14.20% over the past month.

With the market capitalization of Smith & Nephew plc ADR currently standing at about $11.03 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in December. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.75, with its dividend yield at 2.96%.

Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 5.78B, with a low estimate of 1.41B and a high estimate of 1.41B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 1.41B.

Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that SNN’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of Hold while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Sell.

The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 3.20, with the price of SNN currently trading nearly -1.00% and -9.99% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 39.67, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.43% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.59%. Furthermore, Smith & Nephew plc ADR (SNN)’s beta value is 0.85, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.55.

A comparison of Smith & Nephew plc ADR (SNN) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. SNN showed an intraday change of 1.08% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -1.44%%.

Data on historical trading for Smith & Nephew plc ADR (NYSE:SNN) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 1.1 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 783.53K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 435.94 million shares outstanding.

Nearly 0.34% of Smith & Nephew plc ADR’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 6.69% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 2.43 million shares as on 2024-10-31, resulting in a short ratio of 3.22. The stock has fallen by -7.22% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the SNN stock heading into the next quarter.

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