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How to buy Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) shares
Learn how to easily invest in Johnson & Johnson shares.
Johnson & Johnson is a drug manufacturers-general business based in the US. Johnson & Johnson shares (JNJ) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Johnson & Johnson employs 136,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$89.2 billion.
How to buy shares in Johnson & Johnson from Singapore
- Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Johnson & Johnson Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: JNJ. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Johnson & Johnson reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$165.97, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Johnson & Johnson, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Johnson & Johnson. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
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- Johnson & Johnson shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is Johnson & Johnson stock a buy or sell?
- Johnson & Johnson performance over time
- Can I short Johnson & Johnson shares?
- Is Johnson & Johnson suitable for ethical investing?
- Are Johnson & Johnson shares over-valued?
- Johnson & Johnson's financials
- How volatile are Johnson & Johnson shares?
- Does Johnson & Johnson pay a dividend?
- Have Johnson & Johnson shares ever split?
- Other common questions
How has coronavirus impacted Johnson & Johnson's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Johnson & Johnson's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was USD$165.97, which is 9.66% up on its pre-crash value of USD$149.93 and 52.04% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$109.16.
If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Johnson & Johnson shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$740.19 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,105.36.
Johnson & Johnson stock price (NYSE:JNJ)
Use our graph to track the performance of JNJ stocks over time.Johnson & Johnson shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-07-29.
| Latest market close | USD$165.97 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$131.0873 - USD$173.38 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$167.1334 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$164.6765 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$187.39 |
| PE ratio | 25.8839 |
| Dividend yield | USD$4.09 (2.38%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$6.652 |
Is it a good time to buy Johnson & Johnson stock?
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Johnson & Johnson price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of $165.97
| 1 week (2021-07-21) | N/A |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2021-07-01) | 0.01% |
| 3 months (2021-04-30) | 1.99% |
| 6 months (2021-01-28) | N/A |
| 1 year (2020-07-28) | N/A |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2019-07-28) | N/A |
| 3 years (2018-07-28) | N/A |
| 5 years (2016-07-28) | N/A |
Is Johnson & Johnson under- or over-valued?
Valuing Johnson & Johnson stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Johnson & Johnson's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Johnson & Johnson's P/E ratio
Johnson & Johnson's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 26x. In other words, Johnson & Johnson shares trade at around 26x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Johnson & Johnson's PEG ratio
Johnson & Johnson's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.8994. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Johnson & Johnson's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Johnson & Johnson's EBITDA
Johnson & Johnson's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$30.6 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Johnson & Johnson's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Johnson & Johnson financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$89.2 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 25.81% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$54.3 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 7.98% |
| Return on equity TTM | -9999999% |
| Profit margin | 19.92% |
| Book value | $25.006 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$453.4 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Johnson & Johnson shares
There are currently 15.8 million Johnson & Johnson shares held short by investors – that's known as Johnson & Johnson's "short interest". This figure is 4% up from 15.2 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Johnson & Johnson shares can be evaluated.
Johnson & Johnson's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Johnson & Johnson's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Johnson & Johnson shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Johnson & Johnson shares traded daily (recently around 6.5 million). Johnson & Johnson's SIR currently stands at 2.41. In other words for every 100,000 Johnson & Johnson shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2410 shares are currently held short.
However Johnson & Johnson's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Johnson & Johnson shares, or, against the total number of tradable Johnson & Johnson shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Johnson & Johnson's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Johnson & Johnson shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.006% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Johnson & Johnson shares, roughly 6 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Johnson & Johnson.
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