LON:NG - National Grid Share Price, Forecast & News

National Grid trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "NG."

National Grid declared a dividend on Thursday, November 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 28th will be paid a dividend of GBX 16.57 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a yield of 1.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 28th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View National Grid's Dividend History.

13 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for National Grid's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 880 to GBX 1,000. On average, they expect National Grid's stock price to reach GBX 939.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for National Grid.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Grid in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for National Grid.

Press coverage about NG stock has been trending positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. National Grid earned a media sentiment score of 2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories 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 near term. View News Stories for National Grid.

Some companies that are related to National Grid include SSE (SSE), Ausnet Services (AST), Centrica (CNA), Genesis Energy (GNE), Infigen Energy (IFN), Atlantic Power (ATP), Maxim Power (MXG), AFC Energy (AFC), Etrion (ETX), ARHT Media (ART), Rurelec (RUR), Onenergy (OEG), Alaska Hydro (ALKHF), Mass Megawatts Windpower (MMMW) and Syngas (SYS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other National Grid investors own include National Grid (NGG), Centrica (CNA), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), Vodafone Group (VOD), Taylor Wimpey (TW), BP (BP) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

Shares of NG 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 NG stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 947.20.

National Grid has a market capitalization of £32.97 billion and generates £14.87 billion in revenue each year. National Grid employs 23,023 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About National Grid.

The official website for National Grid is http://www2.nationalgrid.com/.

National Grid's mailing address is 1-3 Strand, LONDON, WC2N 5EH, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-70043220.