We're taking a closer look at Viatris today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -0.6% compared to 0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Viatris Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a healthcare company in North America, Europe, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, rest of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.
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Viatris has moved -14.9% over the last year compared to 12.7% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -27.7%
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $-3.18
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Viatris has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -2.8 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $2.67 and its forward P/E ratio is 3.4
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.68 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
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Viatris is part of the Health Care sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.94 and an average P/B of 3.19
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Viatris has on average reported free cash flows of $1.95 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 4.4%