LON:MRWWM Morrison Supermarkets Share Price, Forecast & News

WM Morrison Supermarkets' stock was trading at GBX 176.85 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MRW shares have increased by 4.8% and is now trading at GBX 185.35. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for WM Morrison Supermarkets in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for WM Morrison Supermarkets.

WM Morrison Supermarkets is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 10th 2020. View our earnings forecast for WM Morrison Supermarkets.

WM Morrison Supermarkets declared a dividend on Wednesday, March 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 21st will be given a dividend of GBX 4.84 per share on Monday, June 29th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.43%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 21st. This is a boost from WM Morrison Supermarkets's previous dividend of GBX 3.93. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View WM Morrison Supermarkets' dividend history.

13 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for WM Morrison Supermarkets' stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 175 to GBX 245. On average, they anticipate WM Morrison Supermarkets' share price to reach GBX 206.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for WM Morrison Supermarkets.

News coverage about MRW stock has trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. WM Morrison Supermarkets earned a coverage optimism score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the grocer a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about WM Morrison Supermarkets.

Some companies that are related to WM Morrison Supermarkets include China Resources Beer Holdings CoLtd (CRHKY), Ocado Group (OCDO), George Weston (WN), Metro (MRU), George Weston (WNGRF), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.A), Empire (EMP.A), J Sainsbury (SBRY), Grocery Outlet (GO), Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao (CBD), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Greggs (GRG), North West (NWC), Weis Markets (WMK) and Ingles Markets (IMKTA). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other WM Morrison Supermarkets investors own include Tesco (TSCO), Glencore (GLEN), Premier Oil (PMO), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Aviva (AV), Barclays (BARC), Carnival (CCL), Centrica (CNA), ITV (ITV) and Booker Group (BOK).

WM Morrison Supermarkets trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "MRW."

Shares of MRW 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 MRW stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 185.35.

WM Morrison Supermarkets has a market capitalization of £4.46 billion and generates £17.54 billion in revenue each year.

The official website for WM Morrison Supermarkets is www.morrisons.co.uk.

WM Morrison Supermarkets' mailing address is Hilmore House, 71 Gain Lane, BRADFORD, BD3 7DL, United Kingdom. The grocer can be reached via phone at +44-0845-6115000.