Are Bausch Health Companies Inc (NYSE: BHC) Analysts Predicting A Spike?

Bausch Health Companies Inc (NYSE:BHC) shares, rose in value, with the stock price up by 0.35% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $8.56.

Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $8.53. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $11.46, and the low was $5.57. On the whole, BHC has fluctuated by -9.70% over the past month.

Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 9.39B, with a low estimate of 2.13B and a high estimate of 2.17B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 2.14B.

Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that BHC’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.

The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 0, with the price of BHC currently trading nearly -8.92% and -7.44% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 38.16, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 3.03% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 5.52%. Furthermore, Bausch Health Companies Inc (BHC)’s beta value is 0.90, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.42.

A comparison of Bausch Health Companies Inc (BHC) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. BHC showed an intraday change of 0.35% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 13.23%%.

Data on historical trading for Bausch Health Companies Inc (NYSE:BHC) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 2.80 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 365.24 million shares outstanding.

Nearly 2.41% of Bausch Health Companies Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 79.14% of the company’s shares. The stock has risen by 6.73% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the BHC stock heading into the next quarter.

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