Koninklijke Philips Investors Should Focus on This

By Susan Ramirez • Monday, December 04 17:51 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Koninklijke Philips, a Medical Electronics company whose shares moved -0.8% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

PHG has an average analyst rating of underperform and is 4.03% away from its mean target price of $19.59 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $-0.64
Koninklijke Philips has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -31.8 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.63 and its forward P/E ratio is 12.5
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.55 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Koninklijke Philips is part of the Health Care sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 30.21 and an average P/B of 4.08
Koninklijke Philips N.V. operates as a health technology company in North America, the Greater China, and internationally. It operates through Diagnosis & Treatment Businesses, Connected Care Businesses, and Personal Health Businesses segments. The company provides diagnostic imaging solutions, includes magnetic resonance imaging, X-ray systems, and computed tomography (CT) systems and software comprising detector-based spectral CT solutions, as well as molecular and hybrid imaging solutions for nuclear medicine; echography solutions focused on diagnosis, treatment planning and guidance for cardiology, general imaging, obstetrics/gynecology, and point-of-care applications; integrated interventional systems, and interventional diagnostic and therapeutic devices to treat coronary artery and peripheral vascular disease; proprietary software to enable diagnostics and intervention; and enterprise diagnostic informatics products and services. It also offers acute patient management solutions; emergency care solutions; sleep and respiratory care solutions; and electronic medical record and care management solutions. In addition, the company provides power toothbrushes, brush heads, and interdental cleaning and teeth whitening products; infant feeding, baby monitors, and digital parental solutions; and grooming and beauty products and solutions. It has strategic partnership agreements with TriHealth, Prisma Health, and the University Health System of San Antonio to help the health system standardize patient monitoring, drive interoperability, and lay the foundation for enterprise-wide platform; and Oulu University Hospital to deliver advanced image-guided therapy solutions. The company was formerly known as Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and changed its name to Koninklijke Philips N.V. in May 2013. Koninklijke Philips N.V. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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