Why Bausch Health Companies Inc (NYSE: BHC) Stock Shouldn’t Be Ignored In 2025

In the last trading session, 2.08 million shares of the Bausch Health Companies Inc (NYSE:BHC) were traded, and its beta was 0.34. Most recently the company’s share price was $4.74, and it changed around -$0.19 or -3.85% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $1.75B. BHC currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $9.85, offering almost -107.81% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $3.96, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 16.46% since then.

Bausch Health Companies Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 3.17. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 6 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 0 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 5 recommended BHC as a Hold, whereas 0 deemed it a Buy, and 1 rated it as Underweight.

Bausch Health Companies Inc (NYSE:BHC) trade information

Instantly BHC has showed a red trend with a performance of -3.85% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 5.59 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 15.21%. The company’s shares are currently down -41.19% year-to-date, but still down -13.97% over the last five days. On the other hand, Bausch Health Companies Inc (NYSE:BHC) is -11.07% down in the 30-day period.

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $9, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 47.33% from its current value. Analyst projections state that BHC is forecast to be at a low of $7 and a high of $16.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 52.33%. Bausch Health Companies Inc earnings are expected to increase by -0.53% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 7.49% per year for the next five years.

BHC Dividends

Bausch Health Companies Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in June.

PAULSON & CO. INC., with 7.1865% or 26.44 million shares worth $184.28 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.

Franklin Custodian Funds-FRANKLIN INCOME FUND and VANGUARD STAR FUNDS-Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Dec 31, 2024 . The former held 5.0 shares worth $23.7 million, making up 1.35% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD STAR FUNDS-Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund held roughly 4.21 shares worth around $19.98 million, which represents about 1.14% of the total shares outstanding.