LON:AZN - AstraZeneca Stock Price, Price Target & More

AstraZeneca trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "AZN."

AstraZeneca announced a dividend on Friday, February 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 15th will be paid a dividend of GBX 133.60 per share on Monday, March 19th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 15th. This is an increase from AstraZeneca's previous dividend of $68.90. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View AstraZeneca's Dividend History.

24 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for AstraZeneca's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 3,750 to GBX 6,500. On average, they expect AstraZeneca's share price to reach GBX 5,368.27 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for AstraZeneca.

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News headlines about AZN stock have been trending positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. AstraZeneca earned a coverage optimism score of 0.45 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the biopharmaceutical company an impact score of 43.64 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Shares of AZN and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of AZN stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 5,398.

AstraZeneca has a market capitalization of £61.66 billion.

AstraZeneca's mailing address is 1 Francis Crick Avenue Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 0AA, United Kingdom. The biopharmaceutical company can be reached via phone at +44-20-73045000.