This is The Biggest Threat To Mondelez International, Inc. (MDLZ), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

The shares of Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) has performed poorly over the past three months, as it lost around -4.18% while it has so far retreated around -1.54% during the course of a year. It went down by -$0.08 now trading at $41.04. Their shares witnessed a 9.67% increase from the 52-week low price of $37.42 they recorded on 2018-05-02. Even though it is still -13.4% behind the $46.54 high touched on 2018-02-01. The last few days have been rough for the stock, as its price has decreased by -4.38% during the week. The stock of MDLZ recorded -4.11% downtrend from the beginning of this year till date. The 12-month potential price target for Mondelez International, Inc. is set at $48.7. This target means that the stock has an upside potential to increase by 18.66% from the current trading price.

When giving their opinion, around 77.78% of Wall Street analysts, which represents 14 out of 18 rated the stock as a Buy. 4 brokerage firms of the remaining 22.22% rated the stock as a Hold with 0 analyst rating it as a sell. Overall, the number of aggregate MDLZ shares held by institutional investors represents 77.2% of total shares. 83 institutions entered new Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) positions, 598 added to their existing positions in these shares, 621 lowered their positions, and 94 exited their positions entirely.

Mondelez International, Inc. (MDLZ) trade volume has increased by 41.5% as around 8,527,495 shares were sold when compared with its 50-day average volume of traded shares which is 6,026,388. At the moment, MDLZ is witnessing a downtrend, as it is trading -4.37% below its 20-day SMA, -4.05% below its 50-day SMA, and -2.5% below its 200-day SMA. The company runs an ROE of roughly 11.8%, with financial analysts predicting that their earnings per share growth will be around 8.19% per annum for the next five year. This will be compared to the 16.2% increase witnessed over the past five years.

The first technical resistance point for Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) will likely come at $41.3, marking a 0.63% premium to the current level. The second resistance point is at $41.57, about 1.27% premium to its current market price. On the other hand, inability to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $40.67, the lower end of the range. MDLZ’s 14-day MACD is -1.33 and this negative figure indicates a downward trading trend. The company’s 14-day RSI (relative strength index) score is 30.87, which shows that its stock has been oversold. The 20-day historical volatility for the stock stands at 12.98 percent, which is low when compared to that of the 50-day’s 13.67 percent.

The shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has decreased by -1.8%, and now trading at $107.6 on the Wall Street in the intra-day deal, with their shares traded now around 31,967,306. This is a rise of 6,974,685 shares over the average 24,992,621 shares that were traded daily over the last three months. The stock that is trading at $107.6 went higher by 39.29% from its 52-week low of $77.25 that it attained back on 2017-10-17. The stock recorded a 52-week high of $116.18 nearly 13 days ago on 2018-10-03.

MSFT stock hasn’t performed well over the past 30 days, as it lost -5.09% while its price climbed by 25.79% year-to-date (YTD). Looking at the last few days, it has been tough for the stock, as it tumbled -2.93% over the last week. The stock’s 12-month potential target price is now at $123.55. This means that the stock price might likely increase by 14.82% from its current trading price.32 out of 34 Wall Street analysts which represents 94.12% rated the stock as a buy while the remaining 2.94 rated it as a hold, with 2.94 of analysts rating it as a sell.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has been utilizing an ROE that is roughly 20.1%, with stock analysts predicting that the company’s EPS for the next five years will go up by 12.42% per year, following the 8.5% raise that was witnessed during the past five years. The stock at the moment is on a downtrend, trading -4.46% below its 20-day SMA, -2.78% below its 50-day SMA, and 8.15% above its 200-day SMA. In percentage terms, the aggregate Microsoft Corporation shares held by institutional investors is 74.7%. 114 institutions jumped in to acquire Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) fresh stake, 1262 added to their current holdings in these shares, 1377 lowered their positions, and 46 left no stake in the company.

The stock’s 9-day MACD is -2.58 and this negative figure indicates a downward trading trend. The company’s 9-day RSI score is 37.7, which shows that its stock has been neutral. The 20-day historical volatility for the shares stand at 30.65 percent, which is more when compared to that of the 50-day’s 21.38 percent. On the daily chart, we see that the stock could reach the first level of resistance at $109.07, sporting a 1.35% premium to the current level. The next resistance point is at $110.54, representing nearly 2.66% premium to the current market price of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT). On the other hand, failure to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $105.48, the lower end of the range.

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