After Hours
It may be riskier to trade before market opening and after market closing than during regular market hours. Since issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities due to lower liquidity and higher volatility. The stock was recently discussed on Yahoo Finance as it revealed that Bruker Announces Closing of Chemspeed Technologies AG Acquisition.
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Bruker Corp is listed on the NASDAQ in the Healthcare sector while operating in the Medical Devices industry. The current market capitalization of Bruker Corp is $12.55B. A total of 0.57 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 859.23K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Requardt Hermann Fritz sold 15,000 shares of BRKR for 90.06 per share on Mar 04 ’24. After the transaction, the Director now owns 23,147 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 28 ’24, Busse Falko sold 28,122 shares at 85.48 per share. BRKR shares that PRESIDENT, BIOSPIN GROUP owns now total 32,859.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Prause Burkhard disposed of 15,319 shares on Feb 22 ’24 at a per-share price of $83.30. This resulted in the PRES. & CEO, BRUKER BEST holding 17,065 shares of BRKR after the transaction. In another insider transaction, LAUKIEN FRANK H sold 37,947 shares at $64.81 per share on Aug 08 ’23. Company shares held by the PRESIDENT & CEO now total 38,217,344.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Bruker Corp pays an annual dividend of $0.20, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.22%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.32. BRKR’s most recent ex-dividend date was 2/29/2024 when it declared a $0.05 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 3/15/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 12/15/2023 with an ex-dividend date of 11/30/2023. The BRKR stock dividend was $0.05 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, BRKR has a high of $92.83 and a low of $53.79.
As of this writing, BRKR has an earnings estimate of $0.46 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 10 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.49 per share and a lower estimate of $0.45. The company reported an EPS of $0.74 in the last quarter, which was 17.50% higher than expectations of $0.63.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. BRKR’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $1.17B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $1.39B in debt and $938.50M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $9.49, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.08B.
Analysts Opinion
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for BRKR is Buy with a score of 4.20.
