Haleon plc (NYSE:HLN) saw a downside of -0.36% to close Tuesday at $8.24 after subtracting -$0.03 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 6,542,720 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $8.52 in the past week and touched a new high 1 time within the past 5 days. An average of 3,643,685 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 3,603,408.
HLN’s 1-month performance is -5.40% or -$0.65 on its low of $8.19 reached on 08/18/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $5.59 and high of $9.05, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 04/20/23. YTD, HLN has achieved 3.00% or $0.24 and has reached a new high 13 times. However, the current price is down -8.95% from the 52-week high price.
Valuation Metrics
HLN stock has a beta of 0.33. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 2.64 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 1.81.
Haleon plc’s quick ratio for the recent period was 0.50, with the current ratio over the same period at 0.80.. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 60.80%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 25.05%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $8.14 billion against revenue of $13.43 billion.
Earnings Surprise
HLN stock balance sheet for the recent quarter shows that total liabilities totaled 22.03 billion, with total debt at $10.08 billion.
Let’s look briefly at Haleon plc (HLN) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 22 August was 37.62% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 20.48%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $8.28, reflecting a -3.74% or -$0.32 change from its current price. HLN is currently trading -5.83% above its 20-day SMA, +1.85% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by +1.10% and SMA200 by+36.42%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 10.53% and 10.23% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.15. The RSI (14) points at 42.36%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 8.77% with the period’s ATR at 0.15. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.20 and -0.17 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Haleon plc (NYSE: HLN), Stifel launched coverage with a Hold rating.
