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Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:BAYRY) Share Price Passes Below Fifty Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

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Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:BAYRY - Get Free Report)'s stock price crossed below its fifty day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of $7.75 and traded as low as $7.17. Bayer Aktiengesellschaft shares last traded at $7.19, with a volume of 507,570 shares traded.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Bank of America raised Bayer Aktiengesellschaft from an "underperform" rating to a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, September 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and eight have assigned a hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Bayer Aktiengesellschaft currently has an average rating of "Hold".

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Bayer Aktiengesellschaft Stock Performance

The company has a 50-day moving average price of $7.75 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $7.51. The company has a current ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04. The stock has a market capitalization of $28.25 billion, a P/E ratio of -8.26 and a beta of 1.08.

Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:BAYRY - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 6th. The company reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.25. The company had revenue of $12 billion during the quarter. Bayer Aktiengesellschaft had a positive return on equity of 16.96% and a negative net margin of 2.74%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Bayer Aktiengesellschaft will post 1.38 earnings per share for the current year.

About Bayer Aktiengesellschaft

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Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, together its subsidiaries, operates as a life science company worldwide. It operates through Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health, and Crop Science segments. The Pharmaceuticals segment offers prescription products primarily for cardiology and women's health care; specialty therapeutics in the areas of oncology, hematology, and ophthalmology; and diagnostic imaging equipment and digital solutions, and contrast agents, as well as cell and gene therapy.

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