Don't Miss These Facts About Thermo Fisher Scientific

By Chris Stiles • Friday, December 06 15:10 • Permanent Link

Thermo Fisher Scientific logged a 1.9% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $530.88 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. TMO's trading volume is 749,387 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,599,861.

Thermo Fisher Scientific trades -18.82% away from its average analyst target price of $653.94 per share. The 28 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $585.2 to $767.0, and on average have given Thermo Fisher Scientific a rating of buy.

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

Thermo Fisher Scientific's current price is 159.4% above its Graham number of $204.63, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Thermo Fisher Scientific has moved 6.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 31.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 15.94, Thermo Fisher Scientific has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 33.3 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
TMO has a forward P/E ratio of 22.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $23.49 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 4.14 compared to its sector average of 3.2
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. provides life sciences solutions, analytical instruments, specialty diagnostics, and laboratory products and biopharma services in the North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and internationally.
Based in Waltham, the company has 122,000 full time employees and a market cap of $203.06 Billion. Thermo Fisher Scientific currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.3%.

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