Is It Time For Me To Buy HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR (NYSE: HDB) Stock Now?

The trading price of HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR (NYSE:HDB) floating higher at last check on current market day and closing at $61.09, 3.79% higher than its previous close.

Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it has been fluctuating between $59.775 and $61.24. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 18.73, while its 5Y monthly beta was 0.833. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $68.50 and a 52-week low of $52.16. Over the past month, the stock has lost -5.13% in value.

HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR, whose market valuation is $155.75 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in February. The dividend yield on the company stock is 1.14%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 0.70. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by 0.51 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 2.63 for current year and 2.89 for next year.

Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 443.96B for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 434.8B and highs of 452.07B. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 1.7T.

On the technical side, indicators suggest HDB has a 50% Sell on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Sell.

If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 1.66, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that HDB’s price is currently -0.97% off the SMA20 and -4.30% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 45.84, and weekly volatility stands at 0.96%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 1.08%. HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR (NYSE:HDB)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.90, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 1.03.

To see how HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: HDB stock’s performance was 3.79% at last check in today’s session, and 9.40% in the past year. HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR has a P/E ratio of 18.73.

An evaluation of the daily trading volume of HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR (NYSE:HDB) indicates that the 3-month average is 2.55 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 3.13.

Currently, records show that 2.55 billion of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.09% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 13.61%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-12-31, stood at 18.95 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 7.43 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 74.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in December were up slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 17.36 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen -4.34% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even lower.

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