Edwards Lifesciences Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Edwards Lifesciences in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Edwards Lifesciences stock.
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Edwards Lifesciences saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 6,740,000 shares, an increase of 50.8% from the January 28th total of 4,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,450,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days.
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Edwards Lifesciences is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 22nd 2021.
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Edwards Lifesciences Co. (NYSE:EW) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 26th. The medical research company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.03. The medical research company earned $1.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.18 billion. Edwards Lifesciences had a net margin of 18.18% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.00%. Edwards Lifesciences's revenue was up 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.46 earnings per share.
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Edwards Lifesciences' stock was trading at $65.79 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EW shares have increased by 24.2% and is now trading at $81.72.
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Edwards Lifesciences's stock split on the morning of Friday, May 29th 2020. The 3-1 split was announced on Thursday, May 7th 2020. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, May 18th 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of Edwards Lifesciences stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Edwards Lifesciences issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.00-2.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.13. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.90-5.30 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.10 billion.

19 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Edwards Lifesciences' shares. Their forecasts range from $51.67 to $111.00. On average, they expect Edwards Lifesciences' share price to reach $91.54 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.0% from the stock's current price.
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389 employees have rated Edwards Lifesciences CEO Michael A. Mussallem on Glassdoor.com. Michael A. Mussallem has an approval rating of 90% among Edwards Lifesciences' employees.

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Edwards Lifesciences trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EW."

Edwards Lifesciences' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.40%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.50%), Brown Advisory Inc. (2.18%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.06%), Sands Capital Management LLC (1.86%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.56%). Company insiders that own Edwards Lifesciences stock include Catherine M Szyman, Donald E Bobo Jr, Huimin Wang, Jean-Luc M Lemercier, Larry L Wood, Michael A Mussallem, Nicholas J Valeriani, Robert WA Sellers, Schack Wesley W Von, Scott B Ullem and William J Phd Link.
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EW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Sands Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Northern Trust Corp, and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Edwards Lifesciences company stock in the last year include Catherine M Szyman, Donald E Bobo Jr, Huimin Wang, Jean-Luc M Lemercier, Larry L Wood, Michael A Mussallem, Nicholas J Valeriani, Robert WA Sellers, and Scott B Ullem.
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EW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Brown Advisory Inc., Ownership Capital B.V., Jackson Square Partners LLC, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., and Ardevora Asset Management LLP.
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One share of EW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $81.72.

Edwards Lifesciences has a market capitalization of $51.04 billion and generates $4.35 billion in revenue each year. The medical research company earns $1.05 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.86 on an earnings per share basis.

Edwards Lifesciences employs 13,900 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Edwards Lifesciences: BMEYE, CAS Medical Systems, CardiAQ Valve Technologies, Edwards Lifesciences (Japan) Limited, Edwards Lifesciences AG, Edwards Lifesciences Holding B.V., Edwards Lifesciences Innovation Holding LLC, Edwards Lifesciences LLC, Edwards Lifesciences Services GmbH, Embrella Cardiovascular, Harpoon Medical, Myocor, Percutaneous Valve Technologies, Valtech Cardio, and Whitland Research.

Edwards Lifesciences was founded in 1958.

The official website for Edwards Lifesciences is www.edwards.com.

Edwards Lifesciences is headquartered at ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA, 92614.

Edwards Lifesciences' mailing address is ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA, 92614. The medical research company can be reached via phone at 949-250-2500 or via email at [email protected]