The trading price of Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. ADR (NYSE:ITUB) closed higher on Friday, May 23, and closing at $6.80, 2.33% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $6.73 and $6.84. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 9.77, while its 5Y monthly beta was 0.342. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $6.85 and a 52-week low of $4.37. Over the past month, the stock has gained 10.88% in value.
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. ADR, whose market valuation is $36.27 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-May-07. The dividend yield on the company stock is 2.88%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 0.20. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest ITUB has a 100% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Buy.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned ITUB a recommendation rating is 5. Out of them, 1 rate it a Hold, while 4 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. ADR (ITUB) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 1.04, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that ITUB’s price is currently 4.98% off the SMA20 and 13.85% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 69.58, and weekly volatility stands at 0.92%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 1.84%. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. ADR (NYSE:ITUB)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.76, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.17. With analysts defining $6.8-$6.8 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $6.8 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 0.0% off the estimated low and 0.0% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if ITUB’s share price rises to $6.8, which is the median consensus price.
To see how Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. ADR stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: ITUB stock’s performance was 2.33% in the latest trading, and 24.10% in the past year. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. ADR has a P/E ratio of 9.77.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. ADR (NYSE:ITUB) indicates that the 3-month average is 28.23 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 39.15.
Currently, records show that 5.33 billion of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.59% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 18.81%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-04-30, stood at 102.04 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 3.64 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 191.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in April were up slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 67.98 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 52.78% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
