Essential Elements of Elliott Wave Theory

By Naomi Wentworth • Wednesday, December 04 10:11 • Permanent Link

Edwards Lifesciences logged a 4.4% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $73.31 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. EW's trading volume is 1,702,127 compared to the stock's average volume of 6,020,811.

Edwards Lifesciences trades -4.56% away from its average analyst target price of $76.81 per share. The 28 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $63.0 to $96.8, and on average have given Edwards Lifesciences a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in EW, you'll want to know the following:

Edwards Lifesciences's current price is 208.5% above its Graham number of $23.76, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Edwards Lifesciences has moved 1.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 33.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.59, Edwards Lifesciences has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.3 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
EW has a forward P/E ratio of 29.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.45 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 4.53 compared to its sector average of 3.53
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation provides products and technologies for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring in the United States, Europe, Japan, and internationally.
Based in Irvine, the company has 19,800 full time employees and a market cap of $43.24 Billion.

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