NASDAQ:CHDNChurchill Downs Stock Price, Forecast & News

Churchill Downs' stock was trading at $98.88 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CHDN shares have increased by 27.3% and is now trading at $125.89. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Churchill Downs in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Churchill Downs.

Churchill Downs is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Churchill Downs.

Churchill Downs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHDN) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The company reported $0.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.11. The business earned $252.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $251.45 million. Churchill Downs had a return on equity of 30.45% and a net margin of 7.78%. The company's revenue was down 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.63 EPS. View Churchill Downs' earnings history.

Churchill Downs declared an annual dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be given a dividend of $0.581 per share on Friday, January 3rd. This represents a yield of 0.45%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. This is a boost from Churchill Downs's previous annual dividend of $0.54. View Churchill Downs' dividend history.

Churchill Downs shares split on the morning of Monday, January 28th 2019. The 3-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 31st 2018. The newly issued shares were 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.

4 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Churchill Downs' shares. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate Churchill Downs' share price to reach $143.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Churchill Downs.

Media stories about CHDN stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Churchill Downs earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutChurchill Downs.

Churchill Downs saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,280,000 shares, an increase of 8.6% from the March 31st total of 3,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 451,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.3 days. Approximately 9.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Churchill Downs' Current Options Chain.

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

Churchill Downs' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.88%), State Street Corp (2.82%), Par Capital Management Inc. (2.66%), London Co. of Virginia (1.44%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.34%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.11%). Company insiders that own Churchill Downs stock include Austin W Miller, Karole Lloyd, Paul C Varga, R Alex Rankin, Richard L Duchossois and William E Mudd. View institutional ownership trends for Churchill Downs.

CHDN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Shellback Capital LP, UBS Group AG, Invesco Ltd., and RK Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Churchill Downs company stock in the last year include Austin W Miller, and William E Mudd. View insider buying and selling activity for Churchill Downs.

CHDN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., FDx Advisors Inc., FDx Advisors Inc., and Par Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Churchill Downs stock in the last two years include Karole Lloyd, Paul C Varga, R Alex Rankin, and Richard L Duchossois. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CHDN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $125.89.

Churchill Downs has a market capitalization of $4.97 billion and generates $1.33 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $137.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.43 on an earnings per share basis. Churchill Downs employs 5,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Churchill Downs is 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]