Bausch + Lomb Corp [NYSE: BLCO] stock went on a downward path that fall over -15.74% on Wednesday, amounting to a one-week price decrease of less than -9.26%.
Over the last 12 months, BLCO stock dropped by -21.84%. The one-year Bausch + Lomb Corp stock forecast points to a potential upside of 28.29. The average equity rating for BLCO stock is currently 2.31, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $4.08 billion, with 350.91 million shares outstanding and 36.69 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 732.31K shares, BLCO stock reached a trading volume of 4131554 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on Bausch + Lomb Corp [BLCO]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for BLCO shares is $16.12 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on BLCO stock is a recommendation set at 2.31. 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.
Wells Fargo have made an estimate for Bausch + Lomb Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Equal Weight, with their previous recommendation back on March 28, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Citigroup dropped their target price from $24 to $22. The new note on the price target was released on December 11, 2024, representing the official price target for Bausch + Lomb Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $19, while Morgan Stanley analysts kept a Equal-Weight rating on BLCO stock. On October 15, 2024, analysts increased their price target for BLCO shares from 19 to 25.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Bausch + Lomb Corp is set at 0.88, with the Price to Sales ratio for BLCO stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.85. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.63, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.89.
BLCO Stock Performance Analysis:
Bausch + Lomb Corp [BLCO] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -9.26. With this latest performance, BLCO shares dropped by -20.28% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -43.50% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -21.84% 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 BLCO stock in for the last two-week period is set at 37.56, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 35.44, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 38.02 for Bausch + Lomb Corp [BLCO]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 14.33, while it was recorded at 13.31 for the last single week of trading, and 17.10 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Bausch + Lomb Corp Fundamentals:
Bausch + Lomb Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.01 and a Current Ratio set at 1.60.
BLCO Stock EPS
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 BLCO. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Bausch + Lomb Corp go to 17.90%.
Bausch + Lomb Corp [BLCO] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $10.25%, or 86.76%% of BLCO stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of BLCO stocks are: FIL LTD with ownership of 6.66 million shares, which is approximately 1.893%. GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP, holding 5.1 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$74.07 million in BLCO stocks shares; and GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP, currently with $$54.38 million in BLCO stock with ownership which is approximately 1.0645%.
