Avantor Inc. [NYSE: AVTR] jumped around 0.31 points on Wednesday, while shares priced at $25.29 at the close of the session, up 1.24%.
Compared to the average trading volume of 6.06M shares, AVTR reached a trading volume of 7343163 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Avantor Inc. [AVTR]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for AVTR shares is $27.11 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on AVTR stock is a recommendation set at 1.83. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Evercore ISI have made an estimate for Avantor Inc. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on January 04, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, TD Cowen raised their target price from $21 to $28. The new note on the price target was released on December 11, 2023, representing the official price target for Avantor Inc. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $22, while Bernstein analysts kept a Mkt Perform rating on AVTR stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Avantor Inc. is set at 0.52, with the Price to Sales ratio for AVTR stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.47. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.26, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.39. Price to Free Cash Flow for AVTR in the course of the last twelve months was 23.74 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.05.
How has AVTR stock performed recently?
Avantor Inc. [AVTR] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.35. With this latest performance, AVTR shares gained by 1.04% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 21.29% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 19.63% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for AVTR stock in for the last two-week period is set at 52.98, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 49.75, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 55.20 for Avantor Inc. [AVTR]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 24.38, while it was recorded at 25.33 for the last single week of trading, and 21.78 for the last 200 days.
Avantor Inc. [AVTR]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Avantor Inc.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.05 and a Current Ratio set at 1.61.
Earnings analysis for Avantor Inc. [AVTR]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for AVTR. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Avantor Inc. go to 9.10%.
Insider trade positions for Avantor Inc. [AVTR]
The top three institutional holders of AVTR stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.4983%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $200.69 billion in AVTR stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $174.35 billion in AVTR stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8386%.
