AstraZeneca PLC (Sweden) Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

AZN Stock  SEK 1,502  5.50  0.36%   
Assuming the 90 days trading horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding AstraZeneca PLC is 'Strong Sell'. 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 AZN positions. The advice algorithm takes into account all of AstraZeneca PLC's available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site. Key drivers impacting AstraZeneca PLC's buy or sell advice are summarized below:
Real Value
1.2 K
Hype Value
1.5 K
Market Value
1.5 K
Naive Value
1.5 K
A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell AstraZeneca PLC given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards AstraZeneca PLC. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for AstraZeneca PLC, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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The AstraZeneca recommendation should be used to complement the buy-or-sell advice compiled from the current analysts' consensus on AstraZeneca PLC. Macroaxis does not own or have any residual interests in AstraZeneca PLC or other equities on which the buy-or-sell advice is provided. Please provide your input below to execute AstraZeneca PLC's advice using the current market data and latest reported fundamentals.

Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
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Strong Sell

Market Performance

OKDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

OvervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Almost neglects market trendsDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

InapplicableDetails
For the selected time horizon AstraZeneca PLC has a Mean Deviation of 0.9507, Semi Deviation of 1.34, Standard Deviation of 1.43, Variance of 2.03, Downside Variance of 2.45 and Semi Variance of 1.8
Macroaxis provides advice on AstraZeneca PLC to complement and cross-verify current analyst consensus on AstraZeneca PLC. Our investment recommendation engine determines the company's potential to grow exclusively from the perspective of an investor's current risk tolerance and investing horizon. To make sure AstraZeneca PLC is not overpriced, please confirm all AstraZeneca PLC fundamentals, including its revenue, current ratio, market capitalization, as well as the relationship between the cash and equivalents and price to earnings to growth .

AstraZeneca PLC Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

The company has accumulated 22.96 B in total debt with debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 0.87, which is about average as compared to similar companies. AstraZeneca PLC has a current ratio of 0.94, 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
0.12
Value At Risk
-1.56
Potential Upside
2.41
Standard Deviation
1.43
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
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 NYSE Composite
0.15
β
Beta against NYSE Composite-0.46
σ
Overall volatility
1.45
Ir
Information ratio 0.03

AstraZeneca PLC Volatility Alert

AstraZeneca PLC has relatively low volatility with skewness of -0.67 and kurtosis of 5.19. 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.
    
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FundamentalsAstraZeneca PLCPeer Average
Return On Equity0.0863-0.31
Return On Asset0.0531-0.14
Profit Margin0.07 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.19 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation2.49 T16.62 B
Shares Outstanding1.55 B571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders0.22 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions46.67 %39.21 %
Price To Earning437.97 X28.72 X
Price To Book6.15 X9.51 X
Price To Sales49.17 X11.42 X
Revenue44.35 B9.43 B
Gross Profit35.73 B27.38 B
EBITDA9.33 B3.9 B
Net Income3.29 B570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents4.89 B2.7 B
Cash Per Share3.15 X5.01 X
Total Debt22.96 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.87 %48.70 %
Current Ratio0.96 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share23.91 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations9.81 B971.22 M
Earnings Per Share22.08 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth1.36 X4.89 X
Target Price1636.64
Number Of Employees3718.84 K
Beta0.19-0.15
Market Capitalization2.26 T19.03 B
Total Asset96.48 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings8.07 B9.33 B
Working Capital(3.16 B)1.48 B
Current Asset12.77 B9.34 B
Current Liabilities15.93 B7.9 B

AstraZeneca PLC Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as AstraZeneca . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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Please note, there is a significant difference between AstraZeneca PLC's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if AstraZeneca PLC is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, AstraZeneca PLC's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.