LON:PSN - Persimmon Share Price, Forecast & News

Persimmon's stock was trading at GBX 2,435 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PSN stock has decreased by 25.1% and is now trading at GBX 1,824.50. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Persimmon in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Persimmon.

Persimmon announced a dividend on Thursday, February 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 11th will be paid a dividend of GBX 110 per share on Monday, July 6th. This represents a yield of 3.57%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Persimmon's dividend history.

14 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Persimmon's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 2,400 to GBX 3,630. On average, they expect Persimmon's share price to reach GBX 2,936 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 60.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Persimmon.

Headlines about PSN stock have been trending very positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Persimmon earned a coverage optimism score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutPersimmon.

Some companies that are related to Persimmon include Barratt Developments (BDEV), Berkeley Group (BKG), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Bellway (BWY), Redrow (RDW), Vistry Group (VTY), Skyline (SKY), Crest Nicholson (CRST), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), Watkin Jones (WJG), MJ Gleeson (GLE), Telford Homes (TEF), Henry Boot (BOOT), Abbey (ABBY) and Galliford Try (GFRD).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Persimmon investors own include Berkeley Group (BKG), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Kier Group (KIE), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Aviva (AV), Empyrean Energy (EME), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Vodafone Group (vod), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) and Barclays (BARC).

Persimmon trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "PSN."

Shares of PSN 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 PSN stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 1,824.50.

Persimmon has a market capitalization of £5.82 billion and generates £3.65 billion in revenue each year. Persimmon employs 4,943 workers across the globe. View additional information about Persimmon.

The official website for Persimmon is http://www.persimmonhomes.com/.

Persimmon's mailing address is Persimmon House, FULFORD, YO19 4FE, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1904-642199.