AstraZeneca PLC (Germany) Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation
| ZEG Stock | EUR 128.30 0.85 0.66% |
Assuming the 90 days horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding AstraZeneca PLC is 'Hold'. Macroaxis provides AstraZeneca PLC buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding ZEG positions.
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Risk Tolerance
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Hold
Market Performance | Very Weak | Details | |
Volatility | Very steady | Details | |
Hype Condition | Stale | Details | |
Current Valuation | Fairly Valued | Details | |
Odds Of Distress | Low | Details | |
Economic Sensitivity | Follows the market closely | Details | |
Analyst Consensus | Not Available | Details | |
Reporting Quality (M-Score) | Inapplicable | Details |
AstraZeneca PLC Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions
| AstraZeneca PLC generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days | |
| AstraZeneca PLC has high financial leverage indicating that it may have difficulties to generate enough cash to satisfy its financial obligations | |
| AstraZeneca PLC has accumulated 22.96 B in total debt with debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 179.6, indicating the company may have difficulties to generate enough cash to satisfy its financial obligations. AstraZeneca PLC has a current ratio of 0.74, indicating that it has a negative working capital and may not be able to pay financial obligations in time and when they become due. Debt can assist AstraZeneca PLC until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, AstraZeneca PLC's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like AstraZeneca PLC sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for AstraZeneca to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about AstraZeneca PLC's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity. |
AstraZeneca PLC Returns Distribution Density
The distribution of AstraZeneca PLC's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of AstraZeneca PLC's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of AstraZeneca PLC daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use AstraZeneca PLC price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of AstraZeneca PLC returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for AstraZeneca PLC.
| Mean Return | -0.29 | Value At Risk | -3.91 | Potential Upside | 2.15 | Standard Deviation | 1.97 |
Return Density |
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Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of AstraZeneca PLC historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.
AstraZeneca PLC Greeks
Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to AstraZeneca PLC or Healthcare sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that AstraZeneca PLC's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a AstraZeneca stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α | Alpha over Dow Jones | -0.37 | |
β | Beta against Dow Jones | 0.50 | |
σ | Overall volatility | 1.97 | |
Ir | Information ratio | -0.22 |
AstraZeneca PLC Volatility Alert
AstraZeneca PLC exhibits very low volatility with skewness of -1.55 and kurtosis of 6.51. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure AstraZeneca PLC's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact AstraZeneca PLC's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.AstraZeneca PLC Fundamentals Vs Peers
Comparing AstraZeneca PLC's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze AstraZeneca PLC's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between AstraZeneca PLC and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as AstraZeneca PLC or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of AstraZeneca PLC's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing AstraZeneca PLC by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
| Better Than Average | Worse Than Average | Compare AstraZeneca PLC to competition |
| Fundamentals | AstraZeneca PLC | Peer Average |
| Return On Equity | 0.0863 | -0.31 |
| Return On Asset | 0.0555 | -0.14 |
| Profit Margin | 0.07 % | (1.27) % |
| Operating Margin | 0.20 % | (5.51) % |
| Current Valuation | 228.75 B | 16.62 B |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.55 B | 571.82 M |
| Shares Owned By Insiders | 0.22 % | 10.09 % |
| Shares Owned By Institutions | 47.60 % | 39.21 % |
| Price To Earning | 38.93 X | 28.72 X |
| Price To Book | 6.17 X | 9.51 X |
| Price To Sales | 4.49 X | 11.42 X |
| Revenue | 44.35 B | 9.43 B |
| Gross Profit | 35.73 B | 27.38 B |
| EBITDA | 9.09 B | 3.9 B |
| Net Income | 3.29 B | 570.98 M |
| Cash And Equivalents | 4.96 B | 2.7 B |
| Cash Per Share | 3.78 X | 5.01 X |
| Total Debt | 22.96 B | 5.32 B |
| Debt To Equity | 179.60 % | 48.70 % |
| Current Ratio | 0.75 X | 2.16 X |
| Book Value Per Share | 23.90 X | 1.93 K |
| Cash Flow From Operations | 9.81 B | 971.22 M |
| Earnings Per Share | 1.98 X | 3.12 X |
| Price To Earnings To Growth | 1.37 X | 4.89 X |
| Number Of Employees | 83.5 K | 18.84 K |
| Beta | 0.19 | -0.15 |
| Market Capitalization | 197.73 B | 19.03 B |
| Total Asset | 96.48 B | 29.47 B |
| Z Score | 4.8 | 8.72 |
| Annual Yield | 0.02 % | |
| Five Year Return | 4.09 % | |
| Net Asset | 96.48 B | |
| Last Dividend Paid | 2.9 |
AstraZeneca PLC Market Momentum
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