Airbus (OTCMKTS:EADSY) Hits New 12-Month High - Still a Buy?

Key Points

• Airbus' share price reached a new 52-week high of $58.06 during trading, closing at $57.90 with a total volume of 10,971 shares traded.
• Analyst ratings have been mixed, with Citigroup downgrading the stock to "hold," while UBS upgraded it to "buy," resulting in an overall average rating of "Moderate Buy."
• In its latest quarterly results, Airbus reported $0.26 EPS, missing estimates, but exceeded revenue expectations with $18.45 billion in revenue.

Airbus SE - Unsponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:EADSY - Get Free Report)'s stock price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $58.06 and last traded at $57.90, with a volume of 10971 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $56.64.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an "outperform" rating on shares of Airbus in a report on Monday. UBS Group upgraded shares of Airbus from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, September 4th. Zacks Research raised Airbus to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, August 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on shares of Airbus in a research note on Friday. They issued a "buy" rating for the company. Finally, Citigroup downgraded Airbus from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, June 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Airbus presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy".

Airbus Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75. The company's fifty day moving average is $53.17 and its two-hundred day moving average is $47.94. The stock has a market cap of $180.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.78, a P/E/G ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.31.

Airbus (OTCMKTS:EADSY - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The aerospace company reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.41 by ($0.15). The firm had revenue of $18.45 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $15.72 billion. Airbus had a net margin of 7.01% and a return on equity of 24.38%. As a group, research analysts predict that Airbus SE - Unsponsored ADR will post 1.74 earnings per share for the current year.

Airbus Company Profile

Airbus SE, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and delivery of aerospace products, services, and solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, and Airbus Defence and Space. The Airbus segment develops, manufactures, markets, and sells commercial jet passenger aircraft, freighter aircraft, regional turboprop aircraft, and aircraft components, as well as provides aircraft conversion and related services.