UBS Group AG (NYSE:UBS) finished Wednesday with an addition of $0.23 to close at $22.19, an upside of 1.07 percent. An average of 1,657,054 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a gain of $0.59 in the past week, and it reached a new high 22 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 2,142,488 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 2,426,597.
UBS stock has increased by 7.27% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $20.17 on 07/11/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 08/10/23, shares of the company touched a low of $13.62 and a high of $22.27 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 15 times so far this year and achieved 20.42% or $3.58 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -0.34% from the 52-week high.
Valuation Metrics
UBS Group AG (UBS) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.34. The stock’s beta is 1.12. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 4.81, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 1.20.
The company’s most recent quarterly dividend payment was $0.1790 a share, representing a down of -64.2% from $0.50 last year. Its latest decrease dividend $0.3210 reported on Tuesday January 31 2023.
Financial Health
Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 2.99 and a total debt to equity ratio of 2.99 for the quarter ending March 30. Its gross profit as reported stood at $6.62 billion compared to revenue of $11.78 billion.
Earnings Surprise
The analyst consensus anticipated UBS Group AG’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.54 per share, but it turned out to be $0.32, a -40.70% surprise. At the end of the quarter ending March 30, UBS Group AG’s stock balance sheet showed total debt was $346.12 billion.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at UBS Group AG (UBS) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 09 August was 64.55%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 18.89%.
As of today, UBS’s price is $22.06 +2.70% or $0.59 from its 5-day moving average. UBS is currently trading +5.23% higher than its 20-day SMA and +22.23% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is +14.25% above the SMA50 and +49.00% above the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 77.39% and 78.44%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.38. With the 14-day stochastic at 85.38% and the average true range at 0.37, the RSI (14) stands at 63.53%. The stock has reached 0.15 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at 0.19.
Analyst Ratings
The consensus rating for UBS Group AG (UBS) among analysts is Overweight. According to current brokerage recommendations, 3 brokerage firms advise that investors sell UBS, while 7 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 1 analysts, while 10 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is UBS’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $18.45 and $30.83, with a median target of $23.41. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for UBS Group AG (UBS) stock is $24.89.
