Zoetis Inc. is an animal health company. Co. is focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and commercialization of medicines, vaccines, diagnostic products and services, biodevices, genetic tests and precision animal health. It has a diversified business, commercializing products across eight core species: dogs, cats and horses (companion animals) and cattle, swine, poultry, fish and sheep (livestock); and within seven major product categories: parasiticides, vaccines, dermatology, other pharmaceutical, anti-infectives, animal health diagnostics and medicated feed additives. Co. operates through two segments: the U.S. and International.
When researching a stock like Zoetis, many investors are the most familiar with Fundamental Analysis — looking at a company's balance sheet, earnings, revenues, and what's happening in that company's underlying business. Investors who use Fundamental Analysis to identify good stocks to buy or sell can also benefit from ZTS Technical Analysis to help find a good entry or exit point. Technical Analysis is blind to the fundamentals and looks only at the trading data for ZTS stock — the real life supply and demand for the stock over time — and examines that data in different ways. One of those ways is to calculate a Simpe Moving Average ("SMA") by looking back a certain number of days. One of the most popular "longer look-backs" is the ZTS 200 day moving average ("ZTS 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the ZTS 50 day moving average ("ZTS 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for Zoetis. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the ZTS 200 DMA and the ZTS 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("ZTS MACD"). The ZTS MACD chart, in conjunction with the chart of the moving averages, basically helps in visualizing how the moving averages are showing convergence (moving closer together), or divergence (moving farther apart). |
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