The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK) saw a downside of -2.17% to close Tuesday at $42.81 after subtracting -$0.95 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 2,787,900 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $44.56 in the past week and touched a new high 2 times within the past 5 days. An average of 3,503,085 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 4,522,914.
BK’s 1-month performance is -5.93% or -$2.19 on its low of $42.77 reached on 08/22/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $36.22 and high of $52.26, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 02/14/23. YTD, BK has lost -5.95% or -$2.71 and has reached a new high 13 times. However, the current price is down -18.08% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
BK stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Aug 04.Kurimsky Kurtis R. (Corporate Controller) most recently sold 14,045 shares at $45.64 per share on Aug 04. This transaction cost the insider $641,031. SEVP & General Counsel, McCarthy J Kevin, sold 35,000 shares at a price of $46.33 on Jul 19. Then, on Nov 09, Sr. Exec. Vice President Smits Hanneke sold 16,960 shares at a price of $42.29 per share. This transaction amounted to $717,238.
Valuation Metrics
BK stock has a beta of 1.08. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 2.33 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 0.93, with the price to cash flow ratio at 3.93.
As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 0.94, while the total debt to equity was 0.94. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $3.5 billion against revenue of $7.12 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Analysts expected BK to announce $1.22 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $1.3, representing a 6.60% surprise. Shareholders hold equity totaling $778.78 million.
Let’s look briefly at The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BK) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 22 August was 26.22% to suggest the stock is trending oversold, with historical volatility in this time period at 16.29%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $43.76, reflecting a -3.58% or -$1.59 change from its current price. BK is currently trading -4.44% above its 20-day SMA, -4.99% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -3.65% and SMA200 by+1.83%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 10.40% and 10.23% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.88. The RSI (14) points at 35.52%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 1.07% with the period’s ATR at 0.91. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.95 and -1.37 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
Analysts offering their rating for BK stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Overweight. Currently, 1 brokerage advisors rate BK as a “sell,”, while 7 advise that investors “Hold.” 0 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 2 rates the stock as overweight while 10 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is BK’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $45.00 and a high of $62.00, with their median price target at $53.50. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BK) stock is $53.28.
