ASC - Ascendis Health Ltd
Ascendis Health is a South African-based international health and wellness company marketing leading brands and products.
Ascendis Health Limited is drug manufacturer that produces and distributes health products for the human, animal, and plant markets. Ascendis Health has four segments: Phyto-Vet, Consumer Brands, Pharma-Med, and International. The Phyto-Vet segment supplies health...
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 1.07 |
| Day’s High Price | 1.24 |
| Traded Volume | 3.08M |
| Number of Deals | 159 |
| Gross Turnover | 3.56M |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | -3.2590 |
| Price/Earning Ratio | -0.34 |
| Dividend Per Share | |
| Dividend Yield | |
| Shares Outstanding | 489M |
| Market Capitalization | 538M |
ASC Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| +20.9% | +104% | +83.3% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| +86.4% | +83.3% | +46.7% |
The current share price of Ascendis Health Ltd (ASC) is ZAR 1.10. ASC closed its last trading day (Thursday, October 21, 2021) at 1.10 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Ascendis Health began the year with a share price of 0.75 ZAR and has since gained 46.7% on that price valuation, ranking it 92nd on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders can be optimistic about ASC knowing the stock has accrued an outstanding 104% over the past four-week period alone—third best on JSE.
Ascendis Health is the 30th most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Jul 23 - Oct 21, 2021). ASC has traded a total volume of 184 million shares—in 5,026 deals—valued at ZAR 139 million over the period, with an average of 2.92 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 18.5 million was achieved on October 13th, and a low of 162,267 on August 18th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Ascendis Health on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-21 | 3,080,694 | 1.10 | ||
| 2021-10-20 | 14,147,592 | 1.10 | -0.13 | -10.57% |
| 2021-10-19 | 9,709,129 | 1.23 | +0.20 | +19.42% |
| 2021-10-18 | 6,065,939 | 1.03 | +0.06 | +6.19% |
| 2021-10-15 | 4,101,313 | 0.97 | +0.06 | +6.59% |
| 2021-10-14 | 12,351,529 | 0.91 | +0.02 | +2.25% |
| 2021-10-13 | 18,529,708 | 0.89 | +0.12 | +15.58% |
| 2021-10-12 | 2,136,452 | 0.77 | +0.05 | +6.94% |
| 2021-10-11 | 781,878 | 0.72 | +0.01 | +1.41% |
| 2021-10-08 | 2,961,055 | 0.71 |
Profile of Ascendis Health Ltd.
Ascendis Health Ltd. operates in the Health Care sector, specifically, the Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology industry.
| Factsheet of Ascendis Health Ltd. | |
|---|---|
| Sector: Health Care | Industry: Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology |
| Address: 31 Georgian Crescent, Bryanston, Johannesburg, 2191 | |
| Telephone: 011 036-9600 | |
| Email: info@ascendis.co.za | Website: www.ascendis.co.za |
ASC Industrial Market Competitors
Ascendis Health Ltd., issuers of the ASC stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Health Care sector and/or Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology industry. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top nine by year-to-date performance.
| Code | Name | M. Cap. | Close | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APN | Aspen Pharmacare Holdings | 112B | 244.96 | +95.4% |
| AIP | Adcock Ingram Hldgs Ltd | 8.59B | 48.85 | +6.2% |
| GLI | Go Life International Ld | 9M | 0.01 | -66.7% |
| ACT | AfroCentric Inv Corp Ltd | 3.22B | 5.60 | +47.4% |
| LHC | Life Healthcare Group Holdings | 35.2B | 24.01 | +42.8% |
| NTC | Netcare Limited | 23.7B | 16.50 | +32% |
| AVL | Advanced Health Limited | 195M | 0.39 | +30% |
| NTCP | Netcare Limited Pref | 109B | 75.50 | +19.8% |
| MEI | Mediclinic Int plc | 49.9B | 67.62 | +18.8% |