JNJ

Why Are People Buying JNJ Shares?

Johnson & Johnson stock is trading -8.62% below its average target price of $179.2 after marking a 3.3% during today's morning session. Analysts are giving the large-cap Pharmaceutical company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $161.0 to $215.0 per share.

The stock has a very low short interest at 0.4%, and a short ratio of 1.43. At 0.1%, the company's rate of insider ownership does not indicate that management is heavily invested in the corporation. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 71.7% of Johnson & Johnson's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Johnson & Johnson

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2022-12-31 Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) 8% 246,826,621 $40,417,859,188
2022-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 6% 198,802,769 $32,553,953,423
2022-12-31 State Street Corporation 5% 142,084,378 $23,266,316,897
2022-12-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 47,958,583 $7,853,217,966
2022-12-31 Morgan Stanley 1% 42,224,521 $6,914,265,313
2022-12-31 Northern Trust Corporation 1% 33,756,968 $5,527,703,510
2022-12-31 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co 1% 31,675,492 $5,186,861,815
2022-12-31 JP Morgan Chase & Company 1% 31,662,477 $5,184,730,608
2022-12-31 Bank of America Corporation 1% 31,111,148 $5,094,450,485
2022-12-31 Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation 1% 30,325,775 $4,965,845,656
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