The Reckitt Benckiser share price – where next?

The Reckitt Benckiser (LON:RB.) share price has risen by 6.97% over the past month and it’s currently trading at 6229p. For investors considering whether to buy, hold or sell the stock, the question now is whether this price run will continue.

According to the company’s analysts, there are certainly reasons to think it will continue to perform well in 2019. In terms of trading recommendations, Reckitt Benckiser currently has:

• 4 Buy recommendations
• 6 Hold recommendations
• 2 Sell recommendations

This suggests that analysts are generally positive about the outlook.

Interestingly, at its current price, shares in Reckitt Benckiser are trading at a discount of -13.2% to its 52 week high price. The 1-year performance of the shares has been 7.40%.

There are all sorts of factors that could affect Reckitt Benckiser's share price this year – we simplify them into easy to understand scores with our Stockopedia StockReport. Click here to take a look at the StockReport for Reckitt Benckiser – you might discover some surprising things you didn’t know.

While analyst forecasts can be a useful guide to what City 'experts' think about a stock's near term future, they can be unreliable. To get a better idea about the strengths and weaknesses of Reckitt Benckiser it's worth doing some investigation yourself. Indeed, we've identified some areas of concern with Reckitt Benckiser that you can find out about here.