Coca-Cola HBC (LON:CCH) Share Price Crosses Below 200 Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Coca-Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) crossed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday. The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 4,493.85 and traded as low as GBX 4,018. Coca-Cola HBC shares last traded at GBX 4,052, with a volume of 133,507,156 shares trading hands.

Coca-Cola HBC News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Coca-Cola HBC this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Third-quarter net sales rose 9.6%, and the company raised its full-year organic revenue growth outlook, indicating stronger trading momentum. Coca-Cola HBC Q3 Sales Rise 9.6%; Raises Annual Revenue Growth Outlook
• Positive Sentiment: Jefferies reaffirmed its Buy rating and set a GBX 5,600 price target, signaling potential upside in the broker’s view. Jefferies rating and price target
• Neutral Sentiment: Coca-Cola HBC said it had not received any news on its Russian operations, offering some reassurance but not resolving concerns raised by the report. Coca-Cola HBC has not received any news on Russian operations
• Negative Sentiment: A report that the company’s Russian unit could be seized has raised significant geopolitical and asset-loss risk, driving the immediate negative reaction. The report is not confirmation that a seizure has occurred. Coca-Cola HBC plummets amid report Russian unit could be seized
• Negative Sentiment: Barclays trimmed its price target, while a separate analysis argued that the shares may already reflect much of the benefit from the raised outlook, tempering the positive earnings news. Barclays trims Coca-Cola HBC price target, keeps Overweight rating Coca-Cola HBC stock may be fully priced despite raised guidance

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CCH has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on Coca-Cola HBC from GBX 5,700 to GBX 5,725 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 16th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 5,600 target price on shares of Coca-Cola HBC in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Berenberg Bank upped their price target on Coca-Cola HBC from GBX 5,453 to GBX 5,483 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 29th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Coca-Cola HBC has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 5,346.60.

Coca-Cola HBC Trading Up 1.3%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 150.62, a current ratio of 1.37 and a quick ratio of 0.80. The stock has a market cap of £14.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.03, a PEG ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 0.52. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 4,469.96 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 4,493.85.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Coca-Cola HBC news, insider Zoran Bogdanovic bought 4,750 shares of Coca-Cola HBC stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 21st. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 4,269 per share, for a total transaction of £202,777.50. Insiders bought 5,115 shares of company stock worth $21,932,035 in the last three months. 95.73% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Coca-Cola HBC

Coca-Cola HBC is a growth-focused consumer packaged goods business and strategic bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company. We open up moments that refresh us all, by creating value for our stakeholders and supporting the socio-economic development of the communities in which we operate. With a vision to be the leading 24/7 beverage partner, we offer drinks for all occasions around the clock and work together with our customers to serve 760 million consumers across a broad geographic footprint of 29 countries.