Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) Gains 1.69% And Its 1.99% Stock Volatility Is Bewildering

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:REGN) does about 630.37K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 492717 shares change hands in Friday trading. The company now has a market cap of 80.47B USD. Its current market price is $748.74, marking an increase of 1.69% compared to the previous close of $736.33. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $800.48 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $538.01. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $755.09 and a low of $733.33.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (REGN) has a 20-day trading average at $751.47 and the current price is -6.46% off the 52-week high compared with 39.17% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $736.92 and its 200-day simple moving average is $680.12. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 1.99%, which increases to 2.15% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 50.99 to suggest the stock is neutral.

26 analysts observing the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (REGN) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $605.00 and $1011.00. The consensus objective for the share price is $832.52, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 10.06% over the period. The median price target is 12.53% away from the current levels at $856.00.

FactSet Research has provided data showing that 26 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 1 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 2 advise that it is a overweight. 14 analysts have rated it as a buy and 7 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Overweight and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Buy the stock.

The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on January 30, 2023 when Cowen upgraded the stock to “Outperform” and issued a price target of between $775 and $875. JP Morgan also upgraded the stock to “Overweight” from Neutral on January 20, 2023 at a price target of $850.

The current price level is -0.19%, 1.61%, and 10.16% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the REGN price moving above the 50-day SMA on February 17. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (REGN) stock is down -1.17% over the week and 4.64% over the past month. Its price is 3.78% year-to-date and 18.68% over the past year.

The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 12/30/2022, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of $12.56 above consensus estimates by $2.53. The company’s next earnings report is expected on 05/04/2023, with forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at $9.79 and $41.94 for whole year. REGN’s earnings per share are forecast to shrink by -6.80% this year and 7.40% over next year. Expected sales for next quarter are $3.11 billion, which analysts say will come at $12.59 billion for the current fiscal year and next year at $13.45 billion. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $3 billion.

Its 12-month price target is $856.00. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 10.06 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $605.00, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $1011.00.

Outstanding shares total 106.80M with insiders holding 2.57% of the shares and institutional holders owning 89.71% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 16.60% and return on equity of 20.50%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 19.58 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 16.62. The beta has a value of 0.21. Price to book ratio is 3.53 and price to sales ratio is 6.61.

According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index has added its position in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (REGN) to 3,118,346 shares, mirroring a recent increase by 0.79%. Vanguard Total Stock Market Index added 24325.0 shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. common stock bringing its total worth to about $2.37 billion at the end of recent close, SEC documents show. American Funds Growth Fund of Ame cut their holdings by -2.70% in the company over the course of the most recent quarter. It now holds a 2.37% position in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. thanks to 2.54 million shares amounting to $1.93 billion.

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