Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (NYSE:MMC) went up by 0.57% from its latest closing price compared to the recent 1-year high of $120.97. The company’s stock price has collected 0.14% of gains in the last five trading sessions. Press Release reported 8 hours ago that CORRECTING AND REPLACING:/ Mobility Resilience Key to Oliver Wyman Forum City Rankings
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Is It Worth Investing in Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (NYSE :MMC) Right Now?
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (NYSE:MMC) scored a price-to-earnings ratio above its average ratio, recording 28.99 x from its present earnings ratio. Plus, the 36-month beta value for MMC is at 0.80. Opinions of the stock are interesting as 6 analysts out of 19 who provided ratings for Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. declared the stock was a “buy,” while 2 rated the stock as “overweight,” 9 rated it as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The average price from analysts is $121.25, which is -$7.03 below the current price. MMC currently public float of 505.96M and currently shorts hold a 1.07% ratio of that float. Today, the average trading volume of MMC was 1.59M shares.
MMC’s Market Performance
MMC stocks went up by 0.14% for the week, with a monthly drop of -0.18% and a quarterly performance of 6.67%, while its annual performance rate touched 16.68%. The volatility ratio for the week stands at 2.03% while the volatility levels for the past 30 days are set at 2.18% for Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.. The simple moving average for the period of the last 20 days is -1.13% for MMC stocks with a simple moving average of 6.47% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of MMC
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for MMC stocks, with BofA Securities repeating the rating for MMC by listing it as a “Underperform.” The predicted price for MMC in the upcoming period, according to BofA Securities is $113 based on the research report published on August 21st of the current year 2020.
Atlantic Equities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see MMC reach a price target of $110. The rating they have provided for MMC stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on May 12th, 2020.
Goldman gave a rating of “Buy” to MMC, setting the target price at $100 in the report published on April 13th of the current year.
MMC Trading at -0.99% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought MMC to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -5.18% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.18%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.03%, as shares sank -0.68% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +0.26% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, MMC rose by +0.14%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +3.76% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $115.97. In addition, Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. saw 2.95% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at MMC starting from Ferland Martine, who sale 2,940 shares at the price of $112.90 back on Aug 25. After this action, Ferland Martine now owns 2,763 shares of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., valued at $331,920 using the latest closing price.
Ledford Laurie, the SVP & Chief HR Officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., sale 4,114 shares at $115.78 during a trade that took place back on Aug 03, which means that Ledford Laurie is holding 8,939 shares at $476,298 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for MMC
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- +15.43 for the present operating margin
The net margin for Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. stands at +10.45. The total capital return value is set at 14.46, while invested capital returns managed to touch 10.41. Equity return is now at value 26.10, with 6.40 for asset returns.
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Based on Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC), the company’s capital structure generated 182.52 points at debt to equity in total, while total debt to capital is 64.60. Total debt to assets is 45.36, with long-term debt to equity ratio resting at 162.54. Finally, the long-term debt to capital ratio is 57.53.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 3.37B with total debt to EBITDA at 3.38. When we switch over and look at the enterrpise to sales, we see a ratio of 4.21, with the company’s debt to enterprise value settled at 0.20. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.49 and the total asset turnover is 0.63.
