LON:STANStandard Chartered Share Price, Forecast & News

Standard Chartered's stock was trading at GBX 471.90 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, STAN shares have decreased by 5.8% and is now trading at GBX 444.30. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Standard Chartered in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Standard Chartered.

Standard Chartered announced a dividend on Thursday, February 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 5th will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.20 per share on Thursday, May 14th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.72%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 5th. This is a positive change from Standard Chartered's previous dividend of GBX 0.07. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Standard Chartered's dividend history.

17 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Standard Chartered's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 265 to GBX 850. On average, they expect Standard Chartered's share price to reach GBX 557.93 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Standard Chartered.

Press coverage about STAN stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Standard Chartered earned a news impact score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Standard Chartered.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Standard Chartered investors own include Standard Chartered (SCBFF), HSBC (HSBA), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), KAZ Minerals (KAZ), Associated British Foods (ABF), Barclays (BARC), Intelsat (I), Bank of America (BAC), Antofagasta (ANTO) and Chaarat Gold (CGH).

Standard Chartered trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "STAN."

Shares of STAN 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 STAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 444.30.

Standard Chartered has a market capitalization of £14.02 billion and generates £14.05 billion in revenue each year. Standard Chartered employs 82,827 workers across the globe.

The official website for Standard Chartered is www.sc.com.

Standard Chartered's mailing address is 1 Basinghall Avenue, LONDON, EC2V 5DD, United Kingdom. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at +44-20-78858888.