Neogen Corp (NASDAQ:NEOG) has a beta value of 1.96 and has seen 12.33 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $1.02B, closed the last trade at $4.69 per share which meant it gained $0.3 on the day or 6.83% during that session. The NEOG stock price is -296.16% off its 52-week high price of $18.58 and 17.48% above the 52-week low of $3.87. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 13.36 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 4.80 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Neogen Corp (NEOG) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.00. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 2 have rated it as a Hold, with 1 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.1.
Neogen Corp (NASDAQ:NEOG) trade information
Sporting 6.83% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the NEOG stock price touched $4.69 or saw a rise of 19.42%. Year-to-date, Neogen Corp shares have moved -61.37%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -15.95%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Neogen Corp (NASDAQ:NEOG) have changed -47.71%. Short interest in the company has seen 26.22 million shares shorted with days to cover at 5.96.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $17.5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 73.2% from current levels. The projected low price target is $17.5 while the price target rests at a high of $17.5. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -273.13% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -273.13% from current levels.
Neogen Corp (NEOG) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -67.90% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -3.52%.
3 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 222.53M for the current quarter. 3 have an estimated revenue figure of 218.07M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 236.79M and 216.96M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -6.02% for the current quarter and -3.52% for the next.
Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -5450.00% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -4.00%.
NEOG Dividends
Neogen Corp is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Apr-08 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Neogen Corp (NASDAQ:NEOG)’s Major holders
Insiders own 0.27% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 121.91% with a share float percentage of 122.24%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Neogen Corp having a total of 457.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 25.01 million shares worth more than $390.98 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 11.555% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 19.6 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $306.27 million and represent 9.0517% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 5.62% shares in the company for having 12.21 shares of worth $57.25 million while later fund manager owns 6.9 shares of worth $32.35 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 3.18% of company’s outstanding stock.
