Diageo (DGE) Share Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Diageo in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" DGE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in DGE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Diageo's shares. Their DGE share price forecasts range from GBX 2,650 to GBX 4,890. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach GBX 4,038.46 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.7% from the stock's current price.
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Diageo's stock was trading at GBX 3,650 at the start of the year. Since then, DGE stock has decreased by 8.4% and is now trading at GBX 3,344.50.
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Diageo plc (LON:DGE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 31st. The company reported $77.00 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $70.80 by $6.20. Diageo had a net margin of 21.16% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 38.10%.

Diageo announced a dividend on Thursday, January 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of GBX 30.83 per share on Thursday, April 13th. This represents a yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 2nd. The official announcement can be seen at this link.
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Diageo (LON:DGE) pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.23%. The dividend payout ratio is 4,968.15%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Diageo investors own include Diageo (DEO), HSBC (HSBA), Associated British Foods (ABF), Intelsat (I), GSK (GSK), Barclays (BARC), Unilever (ULVR), Fossil Group (FOSL), Grafton Group (GFTU) and Bank of America (BAC).

Diageo trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "DGE."

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One share of DGE stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 3,344.50.

Diageo (LON:DGE) has a market capitalization of £75.25 billion and generates £16.92 billion in revenue each year. The company earns £3.58 billion in net income (profit) each year or GBX 1.57 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 27,783 workers across the globe.

Diageo's mailing address is Lakeside Drive, Park Royal, LONDON, NW10 7HQ, United Kingdom. The official website for the company is www.diageo.com. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-89786000.