NASDAQ:CHDN - Churchill Downs Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Churchill Downs trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CHDN."

Churchill Downs announced an annual dividend on Thursday, November 1st. Investors of record on Friday, December 7th will be given a dividend of $1.63 per share on Friday, January 4th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 6th. This is a boost from Churchill Downs's previous annual dividend of $1.52. View Churchill Downs' Dividend History.

Churchill Downs's stock split on Monday, January 28th 2019. The 3-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 31st 2018. The newly issued shares will be issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, January 25th 2019. An investor that had 100 shares of Churchill Downs stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Churchill Downs declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Saturday, December 2nd 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Churchill Downs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHDN) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 31st. The company reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.48 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $221.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $208.87 million. Churchill Downs had a return on equity of 30.33% and a net margin of 39.18%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.08 EPS. View Churchill Downs' Earnings History.

Churchill Downs is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 27th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Churchill Downs.

2 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Churchill Downs' shares. Their forecasts range from $280.00 to $325.00. On average, they anticipate Churchill Downs' share price to reach $302.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Churchill Downs.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Churchill Downs in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Churchill Downs.

Press coverage about CHDN stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Churchill Downs earned a news impact score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Churchill Downs' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.72%), Vanguard Group Inc. (7.82%), Vanguard Group Inc (7.82%), FMR LLC (2.73%), Scopus Asset Management L.P. (2.28%) and Artemis Investment Management LLP (2.16%). Company insiders that own Churchill Downs stock include Daniel P Harrington, R Alex Rankin, Richard L Duchossois and Robert L Evans. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Churchill Downs.

CHDN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scopus Asset Management L.P., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Man Group plc, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL and Chicago Equity Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Churchill Downs company stock in the last year include Daniel P Harrington and Robert L Evans. View Insider Buying and Selling for Churchill Downs.

CHDN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Citadel Advisors LLC, Vanguard Group Inc, Vanguard Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., RK Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC and Eidelman Virant Capital. Company insiders that have bought Churchill Downs stock in the last two years include R Alex Rankin and Richard L Duchossois. View Insider Buying and Selling for Churchill Downs.

Shares of CHDN 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CHDN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $258.10.

Churchill Downs has a market capitalization of $3.68 billion and generates $882.60 million in revenue each year. The company earns $140.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.88 on an earnings per share basis. Churchill Downs employs 4,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Churchill Downs is http://www.churchilldownsincorporated.com.

Churchill Downs' mailing address is 600 NORTH HURSTBOURNE PARKWAY SUITE 400, LOUISVILLE KY, 40222. The company can be reached via phone at 502-636-4400 or via email at [email protected]