In the last trading session, 1.04 million Embecta Corp (NASDAQ:EMBC) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.11. With the company’s per share price at $12.29 changed hands at $0.67 or 5.77% during last session, the market valuation stood at $718.26M. EMBC’s last price was a discount, traded about -74.78% off its 52-week high of $21.48. The share price had its 52-week low at $10.83, which suggests the last value was 11.88% up since then.
Analysts gave the Embecta Corp (EMBC) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Sell, calculated at a mean rating of 2.80. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 1 out of 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 0 recommended EMBC as a Hold, 0 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Embecta Corp (NASDAQ:EMBC) trade information
Instantly EMBC was in green as seen at the end of in last trading. With action -1.68%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -40.48%, with the 5-day performance at -1.68% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Embecta Corp (NASDAQ:EMBC) is 12.65% up.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 23, meaning bulls need an upside of 46.57% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, EMBC’s forecast low is 20 with 26 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -111.55% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -62.73% for it to hit the projected low.
The 2025 estimates are for Embecta Corp earnings to increase by 15.67%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 8.04% per year.
EMBC Dividends
Embecta Corp is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in June. The 4.88% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.60. It is important to note, however, that the 4.88% 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.
VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 12.3952% or 7.29 million shares worth $91.1 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and American Century Capital Portfolios, Inc.-SMALL CAP VALUE FUND . With 3.64 shares estimated at $44.72 million under it, the former controlled 6.23% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, American Century Capital Portfolios, Inc.-SMALL CAP VALUE FUND held about 4.76% of the shares, roughly 2.78 shares worth around $34.17 million.
