Bristol-Myers Squibb Co [BMY] is 14.56% higher this YTD. Is it still time to buy?

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co [NYSE: BMY] closed the trading session at $58.78.

The stocks have a year to date performance of 14.56 percent and weekly performance of 3.49 percent. The stock has been moved at 45.17 percent over the last six months. The stock has performed 13.21 percent around the most recent 30 days and changed 22.15 percent over the most recent 3-months.

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If compared to the average trading volume of 10.96M shares, BMY reached to a volume of 14112653 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 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co [BMY]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for BMY shares is $58.90 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on BMY stock is a recommendation set at 2.68. 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.

Wolfe Research have made an estimate for Bristol-Myers Squibb Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Peer Perform, with their previous recommendation back on November 15, 2024. The new note on the price target was released on November 13, 2024, representing the official price target for Bristol-Myers Squibb Co stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $73, while Leerink Partners analysts kept a Outperform rating on BMY stock. On October 25, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for BMY shares from 75 to 55.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Bristol-Myers Squibb Co is set at 1.66, with the Price to Sales ratio for BMY stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.54. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 6.95, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 3.95. Price to Free Cash Flow for BMY in the course of the last twelve months was 8.73 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.09.

BMY stock trade performance evaluation

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co [BMY] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 3.49. With this latest performance, BMY shares gained by 13.21% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 45.17% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 18.13% 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 BMY stock in for the last two-week period is set at 62.13, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 62.63, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 61.81 for Bristol-Myers Squibb Co [BMY]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 53.83, while it was recorded at 58.40 for the last single week of trading, and 48.58 for the last 200 days.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co [BMY]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.09 and a Current Ratio set at 1.24.

Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Bristol-Myers Squibb Co [BMY] 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 BMY. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Bristol-Myers Squibb Co go to -3.30%.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co [BMY]: Institutional Ownership

There are presently around $78.41%, or 78.50%% of BMY stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of BMY stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 186.57 million shares, which is approximately 9.2225%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 158.66 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$6.59 billion in BMY stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$3.8 billion in BMY stock with ownership which is approximately 4.5203%.