Vontier Corporation (NYSE: VNT) Is A Safe Investment Now, Isn’t It?

Vontier Corporation (NYSE:VNT) shares, rose in value on Friday, December 13, with the stock price down by -0.78% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $39.60.

Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $39.91, falling within a range of $39.01 and $39.61. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.259 whereas the PE ratio was 15.16 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $45.62, and the low was $31.22. On the whole, VNT has fluctuated by 1.23% over the past month.

With the market capitalization of Vontier Corporation currently standing at about $5.95 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in January. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.10, with its dividend yield at 0.25%.

Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 2.97B, with a low estimate of 763.77M and a high estimate of 774.53M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 770.67M.

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

The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 2.05, with the price of VNT currently trading nearly 2.20% and 6.82% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 61.51, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.93% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.82%. Furthermore, Vontier Corporation (VNT)’s beta value is 1.25, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.80.

A comparison of Vontier Corporation (VNT) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. VNT showed an intraday change of -0.78% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 15.65%%.

Data on historical trading for Vontier Corporation (NYSE:VNT) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.73 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 864.11K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 150.80 million shares outstanding.

Nearly 0.51% of Vontier Corporation’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 98.70% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 2.81 million shares as on 2024-11-29, resulting in a short ratio of 2.76. According to the data, the short interest in Vontier Corporation (VNT) stood at 211.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-11-29; the number of short shares registered in 2024-10-31 reached 2.91 million. The stock has risen by 14.62% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the VNT stock heading into the next quarter.

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