In the latest trading session,, 0.87 million UBS Group AG (NYSE:UBS) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.15. With the company’s most recent per share price at $29.82 changed hands at -$0.69 or -2.26% at last look, the market valuation stands at $91.08B. UBS’s current price is a discount, trading about -18.31% off its 52-week high of $35.28. The share price had its 52-week low at $25.34, which suggests the last value was 15.02% up since then. When we look at UBS Group AG’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 2.57 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 4.14 million.
Analysts gave the UBS Group AG (UBS) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.50. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 1 out of 2 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 0 recommended UBS as a Hold, 1 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. UBS Group AG’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.43.
UBS Group AG (NYSE:UBS) trade information
Instantly UBS was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action 2.54%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -0.09%, with the 5-day performance at 2.54% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, UBS Group AG (NYSE:UBS) is -1.10% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 10.03 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 2.64 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 22.45, meaning bulls need a downside of -32.83% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, UBS’s forecast low is 19.24359822 with 34 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -14.02% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 35.47% for it to hit the projected low.
UBS Group AG (UBS) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -15.61% down from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 2 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 9.61B. 2 analysts are of the opinion that UBS Group AG’s revenue for the current quarter will be 9.55B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 10.3B and 10.71B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -6.67%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -10.83%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 6.24%. The 2025 estimates are for UBS Group AG earnings to increase by 30.22%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 35.91% per year.
UBS Dividends
UBS Group AG is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Feb-03. The 2.68% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.80. It is important to note, however, that the 2.68% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 2.3 per year.
UBS Group AG (NYSE:UBS)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.06% of UBS Group AG shares while 56.66% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 56.70%. There are 56.66% institutions holding the UBS Group AG stock share, with NORGES BANK the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 5.2383% of the shares, roughly 168.29 million UBS shares worth $4.95 billion.
UBS GROUP AG holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 4.8855% or 156.59 million shares worth $4.63 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Jan 31, 2025 were VANGUARD STAR FUNDS-Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund and Dodge & Cox Funds-Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund . With 45.05 shares estimated at $1.35 billion under it, the former controlled 1.30% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Dodge & Cox Funds-Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund held about 1.23% of the shares, roughly 42.68 shares worth around $1.28 billion.
