LON:RBReckitt Benckiser Group Share Price, Forecast & News

Reckitt Benckiser Group's stock was trading at GBX 5,561 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, RB stock has increased by 33.9% and is now trading at GBX 7,446. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Reckitt Benckiser Group in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Reckitt Benckiser Group.

Reckitt Benckiser Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Reckitt Benckiser Group.

Reckitt Benckiser Group announced a dividend on Thursday, February 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 16th will be given a dividend of GBX 101.60 per share on Thursday, May 28th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 16th. This is a positive change from Reckitt Benckiser Group's previous dividend of GBX 73. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Reckitt Benckiser Group's dividend history.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Reckitt Benckiser Group's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 4,900 to GBX 9,000. On average, they anticipate Reckitt Benckiser Group's stock price to reach GBX 7,117.37 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.4%. View analysts' price targets for Reckitt Benckiser Group.

Media headlines about RB stock have been trending negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative 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 negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Reckitt Benckiser Group earned a coverage optimism score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Reckitt Benckiser Group.

Some companies that are related to Reckitt Benckiser Group include Blackmores (BKL), McBride (MCB), Churchill China (CHH), KP Tissue (KPT), Creightons (CRL), Swallowfield (SWL), Byotrol (BYOT), Provexis (PXS), CCA Industries (CAW), Scott's Liquid Gold (SLGD) and Unibail Rodamco (UL). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Reckitt Benckiser Group investors own include CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Endologix (ELGX), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Prudential (PRU), NIC (EGOV), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Centrica (CNA) and British American Tobacco Plc Ads (BATS).

Reckitt Benckiser Group trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "RB."

Shares of RB 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 RB stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 7,446.

Reckitt Benckiser Group has a market capitalization of £52.87 billion and generates £12.85 billion in revenue each year. Reckitt Benckiser Group employs 37,345 workers across the globe.

The official website for Reckitt Benckiser Group is www.rb.com.

Reckitt Benckiser Group's mailing address is 103-105 Bath Road, SLOUGH, SL1 3UH, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1753-217800.