LON:MERL - Merlin Entertainments Share Price, Forecast & News

Merlin Entertainments trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "MERL."

Merlin Entertainments declared a dividend on Thursday, February 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 11th will be given a dividend of GBX 5.50 per share on Thursday, May 16th. This represents a yield of 1.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 11th. This is a positive change from Merlin Entertainments's previous dividend of $2.50. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Merlin Entertainments' Dividend History.

Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 1st. The company reported $2.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.00 by $0.50. View Merlin Entertainments' Earnings History.

Merlin Entertainments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Merlin Entertainments.

11 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Merlin Entertainments' shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 275 to GBX 455. On average, they anticipate Merlin Entertainments' stock price to reach GBX 388 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Price Targets for Merlin Entertainments.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Merlin Entertainments in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Merlin Entertainments.

Press coverage about MERL stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Merlin Entertainments earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Merlin Entertainments.

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

Shares of MERL 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.

Merlin Entertainments has a market capitalization of £0.00 and generates £1.74 billion in revenue each year. Merlin Entertainments employs 28,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Merlin Entertainments.

The official website for Merlin Entertainments is http://www.merlinentertainments.biz/.

Merlin Entertainments' mailing address is 3 Market Close, POOLE, BH15 1NQ, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1202-666900.