Why Are People Talking About Investing in PHG?

By Blake Campbell • Monday, December 18 17:01 • Permanent Link

After gains of 3.2% this evening, Koninklijke Philips shares are now trading at $22.56. Read below for the essential facts about this stock:

Koninklijke Philips has logged a 62.8% 52 week change, compared to 23.6% for the S&P 500
PHG has an average analyst rating of underperform and is 13.94% away from its mean target price of $19.8 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $-0.64, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to -35.2. The Health Care sector's average P/E ratio is 30.21
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.63 and its forward P/E ratio is 13.8
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.71 in contrast to the Health Care sector's average P/B ratio is 4.08
Koninklijke Philips's revenues have an average growth rate of -0.3% with operating expenses growing at 1.2%. The company's current operating margins stand at -8.6%

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