LON:DGEDiageo Share Price, Forecast & News

Diageo's stock was trading at GBX 2,552.50 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, DGE stock has increased by 5.4% and is now trading at GBX 2,690. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Diageo in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Diageo.

Diageo is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Diageo.

Diageo plc (LON:DGE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 31st. The company reported $77.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $70.80 by $6.20. View Diageo's earnings history.

Diageo announced a dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 27th will be given a dividend of GBX 27.41 per share on Thursday, April 9th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Diageo's dividend history.

18 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Diageo's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 2,200 to GBX 3,700. On average, they expect Diageo's stock price to reach GBX 2,941.18 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Diageo.

Headlines about DGE stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Diageo earned a media sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Diageo.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Diageo investors own include Diageo (DEO), Intelsat (I), Associated British Foods (ABF), HSBC (HSBA), Bank of America (BAC), Fossil Group (FOSL), Grafton Group (GFTU), Chaarat Gold (CGH), AMC Entertainment (AMC) and easyJet (EZJ).

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

Shares of DGE 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 DGE stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 2,690.

Diageo has a market capitalization of £62.88 billion and generates £13.16 billion in revenue each year. Diageo employs 29,362 workers across the globe.

The official website for Diageo is www.diageo.com.

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