LON:NGNational Grid Share Price, Forecast & News

National Grid's stock was trading at GBX 925.20 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NG shares have decreased by 0.3% and is now trading at GBX 922.20. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Grid in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for National Grid.

National Grid declared a dividend on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 2nd will be paid a dividend of GBX 32 per share on Wednesday, August 19th. This represents a yield of 3.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 2nd. This is an increase from National Grid's previous dividend of GBX 16.57. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View National Grid's dividend history.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for National Grid's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 910 to GBX 1,080. On average, they expect National Grid's stock price to reach GBX 1,000.45 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for National Grid.

News headlines about NG stock have trended negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. National Grid earned a media sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about National Grid.

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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 CENTRICA PLC/S (CPYYY).

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

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 922.20.

National Grid has a market capitalization of £32.37 billion and generates £14.54 billion in revenue each year. National Grid employs 23,023 workers across the globe.

The official website for National Grid is 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.