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AZN · AstraZeneca PLC

$172.06 +0.33% Oct 26 close
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AstraZeneca PLC

AstraZeneca PLC is a mega-cap Pharmaceuticals: Major company in the Health Technology sector with a market cap of $215B.

Health Technology Pharmaceuticals: Major stock Stage 4 · Declining Base 1
$172.06 latest close
Market Structure
Trend structure: range
Latest event: structure_shift (bullish)
Resistance 191.50–193.02 · 5 touches · strong
Resistance 178.08–179.34 · 4 touches · moderate
Support 153.41–154.81 · 4 touches · moderate
Resistance 180.00–180.55 · 3 touches · moderate
Resistance 185.56–186.20 · 3 touches · moderate
Momentum Turn Watch
Weekly Bullish MACD Divergence Price made a lower low ($160.17→$156.90) while MACD made a higher low (-6.80→-6.50). Treat it as early momentum evidence until price confirms a turn.
Early technical context only. Wait for price, volume, and the canonical setup trigger to confirm; this signal does not change readiness or the setup score.
Earnings

Normal technical setup

Next earnings Monday, July 27, 2026 Report time not confirmed by the source

Deterministic evidence

AZN+0.33%
Sector proxy · XLV+0.00%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
Same completed session window ending 2026-10-26. AZN was +0.33 points vs XLV. -0.38 points vs SPY.

Session internals Strong momentum

Rule: closed up, at or above the open, in the top third of the day's range. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.

Vs prior close+0.33% From the open+0.30% Range position82% GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%) SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)
Price bars, sourced event fields, and benchmark math only. This can adjust displayed short-term conviction; it does not change the stored scanner score or readiness.

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Price $172.06 +0.3% Oct 26 close
52W High $212.71 19.1% below high
Wks Since High 34w
Base Depth 27.9%
SMA 50 $163.39
Avg Vol 3,057,771
Rel Vol (Oct 26) 1.08× 0.50× on up days
More stats
52W Low $153.41
Tight Wks 1
Base B1
SMA 200 $180.45
Group Rank #13/65
ADR% 1.9%
ATR(14) $3.81 (2.2%)
Vol Pace (live) N/A
A/D Days 17A / 18D
A/D Rating D
Power Trend 5d
Earnings past
Position in 52-week range 31stpercentile of the 52-week range
$153.41low
$212.71high

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Technical Analysis Report Card

$AZN · $172.06 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
47
/ 100
Neutral

Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly

Daily ▬ Sideways / consolidating
Weekly ▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly ▬ Sideways / consolidating

Moving Averages

50-day$163.39 ↑
100-day$168.77 ↑
200-day$180.45 ↓
Bearish (50 < 200)

RSI (14)

Reading63.3 · Bullish

Bullish momentum — comfortably in buyer territory.

MACD (12/26/9)

StateBullish
Histogram+1.423

Bullish — MACD above its signal line and above zero. Histogram contracting.

Bollinger Bands (20,2)

%B / Width91% · 13.5%

Near the upper band — buyers in control.

Volume · Buyer vs Seller

Up/Down vol0.5 · Distribution
Rel volume1.08×
Pocket pivots · 10d1
5d vs 50d vol105%
Heavy vol up / down0 / 0

Distribution — volume is concentrated on down days; sellers dominate. Recent volume is expanding versus its baseline.

  • Pocket pivot 4 sessions ago — up-day volume beat every down day of the prior 10 sessions.

Support & Resistance

R · $175.03swing level
R · $191.50swing level
R · $196.41swing level
Price · $172.06now
S · $164.06swing level
S · $156.74swing level
S · $154.46swing level

Fibonacci · Downtrend swing

23.6%$163.56
38.2% ◄ price here$169.84
50.0%$174.91
61.8%$179.99
78.6%$187.21

Retracement resistance zones measured from the recent swing high down to the low.

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Below 200-day MA50/200 bearishVolume distribution
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Base & Breakout
Breakout follow-through

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RS Line vs SPY 52-week relative strength · blue = RS line · dashed = MA50 · dot = NH
92RS Line (52W)
Accumulation / Distribution last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol Net -2 D
A: 14 D: 16 Net: -265 sessions

No patterns detected

This symbol didn't match any pattern in the latest scan.

Minervini Trend Template

2/8

Grades the price structure — moving-average stacking, distance from the 52-week high/low, and relative strength above the ≥70 uptrend bar. This is the technical trend check; the company's fundamentals and ≥80 RS leadership are scored separately in the Grade Card.

Price above SMA 150 & 200 $172.06 vs SMA150 $175.98 / SMA200 $180.45
SMA 150 above SMA 200 SMA150 $175.98 vs SMA200 $180.45
SMA 200 trending up Slope -2.10 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200 SMA50 $163.39
Price above SMA 50 $172.06 vs SMA50 $163.39
30%+ above 52-week low +12.2% from $153.41
Within 25% of 52-week high -19.1% from $212.71
RS score above 70 RS 50

Fundamentals

52W Range
31%
Mkt Cap SEC
214.9B
EPS QoQ
+2%
Rev YoY
+10%
ROE
22%
Gross Margin
81%
D/E
0.61
EPS TTM
$6.65
P/E TTM
25.9x
Insider
No Buy

Company

Company profile
AstraZeneca PLC
AZN · NYSE · Health Technology · Pharmaceuticals: Major

Scan History

Jul 03: 90 (Flat Base)Jul 06: 92 (Base Breakout)Jul 07: 90 (Flat Base)Jul 08: 91 (Flat Base)Jul 09: 90 (Flat Base)Jul 29: 0 (watchlist_candidate)0
Jul 29
watchlist_candidate
0
Jul 09
Flat Base ✓ Gate
90 -3.6%
Jul 08
Flat Base ✓ Gate
91 -9.1%
Jul 07
Flat Base ✓ Gate
90 -10.9%
Jul 06
Base Breakout ✓ Gate
92 -9.5%
Jul 03
Flat Base
90 -9.5%

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