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. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.5433 per share on Friday, January 4th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 6th. View Churchill Downs' Dividend History.

Shares of Churchill Downs split before market open on Monday, January 28th 2019. The 3-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 31st 2018. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes 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 has approved a stock buyback plan on Saturday, December 2nd 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Churchill Downs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHDN) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 31st. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.14. The firm earned $221.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $208.87 million. Churchill Downs had a return on equity of 30.33% and a net margin of 39.18%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 12.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.36 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 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Churchill Downs' shares. Their forecasts range from $93.3333 to $102.00. On average, they expect Churchill Downs' stock price to reach $97.6667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.7% 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 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Churchill Downs.

News coverage about CHDN stock has trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Churchill Downs earned a daily sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Churchill Downs' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (3.31%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (0.60%), Northern Trust Corp (0.47%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.46%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.37%) and Cypress Funds LLC (0.34%). 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 Prudential Financial Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Martingale Asset Management L P, First Trust Advisors LP, Elk Creek Partners LLC, Barclays PLC and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Churchill Downs.

CHDN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including GW&K Investment Management LLC, London Co. of Virginia, Emerald Advisers LLC, Fiera Capital Corp, Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust, Hudson Way Capital Management LLC, 1060 Capital LLC and WINTON GROUP Ltd. 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 $95.11.

Churchill Downs has a market capitalization of $3.87 billion and generates $882.60 million in revenue each year. The company earns $140.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.96 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]