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Zoetis (ZTS) Stock Soaring – What's Driving the Surge?

Zoetis stock is trading -14.56% below its average target price of $216.87 after marking a 6.0% during today's morning session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Pharmaceutical company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $187.0 to $248.0 per share.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.2%, and a short ratio of 2.22. 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 97.3% of Zoetis's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Zoetis

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-03-31 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 40,749,571 $7,550,487,737
2024-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 8% 36,731,396 $6,805,960,118
2024-03-31 State Street Corporation 4% 19,570,006 $3,626,126,280
2024-03-31 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co 4% 16,151,379 $2,992,688,906
2024-03-31 Bank of America Corporation 3% 13,963,226 $2,587,246,051
2024-03-31 Morgan Stanley 3% 12,883,471 $2,387,178,255
2024-03-31 Alliancebernstein L.P. 3% 12,410,543 $2,299,549,429
2024-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 10,048,001 $1,861,794,037
2024-03-31 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 2% 9,372,104 $1,736,557,087
2024-03-31 Wellington Management Group, LLP 2% 9,254,609 $1,714,786,439

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Zoetis.

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