NASDAQ:CASY - Casey's General Stores Stock Price, Forecast & News

Casey's General Stores trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CASY."

Casey's General Stores declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Monday, February 17th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.74%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 31st. View Casey's General Stores' Dividend History.

Casey's General Stores announced that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Thursday, March 8th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $300,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Casey's General Stores Inc (NASDAQ:CASY) issued its earnings results on Monday, December, 9th. The company reported $2.21 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.15 by $0.06. The firm earned $2.49 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.53 billion. Casey's General Stores had a net margin of 2.51% and a return on equity of 16.06%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.80 earnings per share. View Casey's General Stores' Earnings History.

Casey's General Stores is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, March 9th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Casey's General Stores.

11 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Casey's General Stores' stock. Their forecasts range from $158.00 to $197.00. On average, they expect Casey's General Stores' stock price to reach $175.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Casey's General Stores.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Casey's General Stores in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Casey's General Stores.

News coverage about CASY stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Casey's General Stores earned a coverage optimism score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Casey's General Stores.

Casey's General Stores saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,490,000 shares, an increase of 22.1% from the January 15th total of 1,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 309,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.8 days. Currently, 4.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Casey's General Stores' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Casey's General Stores include Kroger (KR), Weis Markets (WMK), Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Village Super Market (VLGEA) and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC).

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Casey's General Stores' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Janus Henderson Group PLC (3.19%), State Street Corp (2.54%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.73%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (1.40%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.34%) and Scout Investments Inc. (1.20%). Company insiders that own Casey's General Stores stock include Allison M Wing, Brian Joseph Johnson, Cara Kay Heiden, David K Lenhardt, H Lynn Horak, Julia L Jackowski, Terry W Handley and William J Walljasper. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Casey's General Stores.

CASY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of America Corp DE, Scout Investments Inc., Man Group plc, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Advisory Research Inc. and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Casey's General Stores company stock in the last year include Allison M Wing, Brian Joseph Johnson, H Lynn Horak, Julia L Jackowski, Terry W Handley and William J Walljasper. View Insider Buying and Selling for Casey's General Stores.

CASY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Martingale Asset Management L P, Acadian Asset Management LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Casey's General Stores stock in the last two years include Cara Kay Heiden and David K Lenhardt. View Insider Buying and Selling for Casey's General Stores.

Shares of CASY can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CASY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $172.82.

Casey's General Stores has a market capitalization of $6.36 billion and generates $9.35 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $203.89 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.51 on an earnings per share basis. Casey's General Stores employs 36,841 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Casey's General Stores.

The official website for Casey's General Stores is http://www.caseys.com/.

Casey's General Stores' mailing address is ONE CONVENIENCE BOULEVARD, ANKENY IA, 50021. The company can be reached via phone at 515-965-6100 or via email at [email protected]