ZTS

Why Is ZTS Up Today?

This afternoon we watched Zoetis rise 1.6% to a price of $178.59 per share. The large-cap Pharmaceutical company is now trading -16.9% below its average target price of $214.92. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $180.0 to $260.0 per share for Zoetis, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.1%, and a short ratio of 2.69. The company's insiders own 0.2% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 94.4% of Zoetis's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Zoetis

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2022-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 9% 40,083,985 $7,158,598,734
2022-12-31 Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) 8% 36,850,763 $6,581,177,629
2022-12-31 State Street Corporation 4% 19,868,824 $3,548,373,205
2022-12-31 AllianceBernstein, L.P. 4% 19,510,212 $3,484,328,689
2022-12-31 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co 4% 17,134,819 $3,060,107,262
2022-12-31 Bank of America Corporation 3% 14,146,596 $2,526,440,527
2022-12-31 Capital International Investors 3% 12,651,002 $2,259,342,400
2022-12-31 Wellington Management Group, LLP 3% 11,616,674 $2,074,621,767
2022-12-31 Morgan Stanley 2% 10,872,704 $1,941,756,167
2022-12-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 9,712,273 $1,734,514,799
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