Market Analysts see Edwards Lifesciences Corp [EW] gaining to $107. Time to buy?

Edwards Lifesciences Corp [NYSE: EW] plunged by -$0.1 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $86.95.

Edwards Lifesciences Corp stock has also loss -0.41% of its value over the past 7 days. However, EW stock has declined by -0.91% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 16.20% and gained 14.03% year-on date.

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The market cap for EW stock reached $52.40 billion, with 601.10 million shares outstanding and 592.96 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 2.84M shares, EW reached a trading volume of 3747724 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Edwards Lifesciences Corp [EW]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for EW shares is $97.09 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on EW stock is a recommendation set at 1.97. 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.

Goldman have made an estimate for Edwards Lifesciences Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on May 30, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Citigroup dropped their target price from $98 to $105. The new note on the price target was released on May 22, 2024, representing the official price target for Edwards Lifesciences Corp stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Edwards Lifesciences Corp is set at 2.02, with the Price to Sales ratio for EW stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 8.53. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 7.36, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 2.82. Price to Free Cash Flow for EW in the course of the last twelve months was 193.06 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 2.67.

EW stock trade performance evaluation

Edwards Lifesciences Corp [EW] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.41. With this latest performance, EW shares dropped by -3.57% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 16.20% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -4.87% 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 EW stock in for the last two-week period is set at 41.74, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 38.21, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 44.35 for Edwards Lifesciences Corp [EW]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 88.99, while it was recorded at 86.86 for the last single week of trading, and 81.66 for the last 200 days.

Edwards Lifesciences Corp [EW]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals

Edwards Lifesciences Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 2.67 and a Current Ratio set at 3.75.

Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Edwards Lifesciences Corp [EW] stock

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 EW. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Edwards Lifesciences Corp go to 10.72%.

Edwards Lifesciences Corp [EW]: Institutional Ownership

The top three institutional holders of EW stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.5034%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $178.43 billion in EW stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $135.36 billion in EW stock with ownership which is approximately 5.1238%.