LON:SHBShaftesbury Share Price, Forecast & News

Shaftesbury's stock was trading at GBX 757 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SHB shares have decreased by 29.0% and is now trading at GBX 537.50. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Shaftesbury in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Shaftesbury.

Shaftesbury plc (LON:SHB) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, June, 10th. The real estate investment trust reported $8.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $7.90 by $0.30. View Shaftesbury's earnings history.

Shaftesbury announced a dividend on Tuesday, November 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 16th will be given a dividend of GBX 9 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 16th. This is a boost from Shaftesbury's previous dividend of GBX 8.70. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Shaftesbury's dividend history.

10 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Shaftesbury's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 418 to GBX 915. On average, they expect Shaftesbury's stock price to reach GBX 640.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Shaftesbury.

Press coverage about SHB stock has trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Shaftesbury earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Shaftesbury.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Shaftesbury investors own include Smith & Nephew (SNN), Associated British Foods (ABF), Aviva (AV), Gem Diamonds (GEMD), Go-Ahead Group (GOG), Hammerson (HMSO), Intu Properties (INTU), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), American Airlines Group (AAL) and Anglo American (AAL).

Shaftesbury trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "SHB."

Shares of SHB 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 SHB stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 537.50.

Shaftesbury has a market capitalization of £1.65 billion and generates £125.70 million in revenue each year. Shaftesbury employs 30 workers across the globe.

The official website for Shaftesbury is www.shaftesbury.co.uk.

Shaftesbury's mailing address is 22 Ganton Street, LONDON, W1F 7FD, United Kingdom. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at +44-20-73338118.