Bausch + Lomb Corporation, an eye health company responsible for producing popular contact lens brands like Biotrue and Soflens, has gone public with an IPO. Shares were priced at $18, below the expected range. and rose slightly to around $19 in their first morning of trading on May 6.
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Historical closes compared with the last close of $14.64
| 1 week (2024-04-16) | 2.31% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-03-21) | -9.46% |
| 3 months (2024-01-23) | 2.45% |
| 6 months (2023-10-23) | -12.34% |
| 1 year (2023-04-23) | -13.93% |
| 3 years (2021-04-17) | N/A |
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Bausch + Lomb Corporation P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
Bausch + Lomb Corporation's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 34x. In other words, Bausch + Lomb Corporation stocks trade at around 34x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
However, Bausch + Lomb Corporation's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the industry or those of similar companies.
Bausch + Lomb Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $720 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Bausch + Lomb Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.
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