LON:PTECPlaytech Share Price, Forecast & News

Playtech's stock was trading at GBX 208.60 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PTEC stock has increased by 27.1% and is now trading at GBX 265.06. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Playtech in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Playtech.

Playtech is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 20th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Playtech.

Playtech declared a dividend on Thursday, February 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 30th will be given a dividend of GBX 0.12 per share on Friday, May 29th. This represents a yield of 3.75%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 30th. This is an increase from Playtech's previous dividend of GBX 0.06. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Playtech's dividend history.

7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Playtech's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 140 to GBX 485. On average, they anticipate Playtech's stock price to reach GBX 318.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Playtech.

Headlines about PTEC stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Playtech earned a news sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutPlaytech.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Playtech investors own include Centamin (CEY), Quilter (QLT), Glencore (GLEN), Petrofac (PFC), Best of the Best (BOTB), Victrex (VTXPF), Acacia Mining (ACA), British Land (BLND), Homeserve (HSV) and Lancashire (LRE).

Playtech trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "PTEC."

Shares of PTEC 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 PTEC stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 265.06.

Playtech has a market capitalization of £793.41 million. Playtech employs 5,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Playtech is www.playtech.com.

Playtech's mailing address is 2nd Floor St George's Court, Upper Church Street, DOUGLAS, IM1 1EE, Isle of Man. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1624-645999.