Zoetis Inc (ZTS) stock expected to rise by 47.0%: What’s driving the optimism?

A share price of Zoetis Inc [ZTS] is currently trading at $165.31, up 3.02%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The ZTS shares have gain 4.95% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.99%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Zoetis Inc [NYSE: ZTS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 02, 2024, when Leerink Partners initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $215. Previously, BTIG Research started tracking the stock with Buy rating on July 25, 2024, and set its price target to $220. On January 12, 2024, Stifel reiterated its Buy rating and revised its price target to $215 on the stock. Exane BNP Paribas initiated its recommendation with a Outperform and recommended $237 as its price target on December 07, 2023. HSBC Securities started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on September 06, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $230. In a note dated July 12, 2022, Piper Sandler initiated an Overweight rating and provided a target price of $205 on this stock.

Zoetis Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $144.80 and $200.53. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $243 within the next 12 months. Zoetis Inc [NYSE: ZTS] shares were valued at $165.31 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 47.0% based on the average ZTS price forecast.

Analyzing the ZTS fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Zoetis Inc [NYSE:ZTS] were 9.26B which represents 4.70% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.7% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.28%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.34%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.27%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.17, Equity is 0.5 and Total Capital is 0.24. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.41.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 162.23 points at the first support level, and at 159.15 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 166.98, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 168.65.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Zoetis Inc [NYSE:ZTS] is 1.75. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.08, while the Cash Ratio is 0.58. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 8.00, the price to book ratio is 15.54 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 30.24.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved PECK KRISTIN C, Chief Executive Officer, that happened on Feb 19 ’25 when 382.0 shares were sold. Officer, PECK KRISTIN C completed a deal on Feb 19 ’25 to buy 382.0 shares. Meanwhile, Executive Vice President Lagano Roxanne sold 326.0 shares on Feb 11 ’25.

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