NASDAQ:CTXS - Citrix Systems Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Citrix Systems trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CTXS."

Citrix Systems announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, March 22nd. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 7th. View Citrix Systems' Dividend History.

Citrix Systems declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, October 24th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $750,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 5.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 23rd. The cloud computing company reported $1.67 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.59 by $0.08. The cloud computing company earned $802 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $791.27 million. Citrix Systems had a return on equity of 101.74% and a net margin of 19.36%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.66 EPS. View Citrix Systems' Earnings History.

Citrix Systems is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Citrix Systems.

Citrix Systems updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $6.06. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.08-3.09 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.09 billion.Citrix Systems also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $6.00-6.00 EPS.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Citrix Systems' shares. Their predictions range from $101.00 to $130.00. On average, they anticipate Citrix Systems' share price to reach $113.8333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Citrix Systems.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Citrix Systems in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Citrix Systems.

News stories about CTXS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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. Citrix Systems earned a news sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the cloud computing company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Citrix Systems saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,011,414 shares, an increase of 15.7% from the December 31st total of 11,249,761 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,837,336 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.1 days. Approximately 9.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Citrix Systems' Current Options Chain.

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Citrix Systems' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (3.31%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.81%), Northern Trust Corp (1.76%), MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (1.48%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.47%) and Two Sigma Advisers LP (1.12%). Company insiders that own Citrix Systems stock include David J Henshall, Jessica Soisson, Mark J Ferrer, Mark M Coyle, Murray J Demo, Paul J Hough, Robert Calderoni, Rotterdam Jeroen Van and Timothy A Minahan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Citrix Systems.

CTXS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Toronto Dominion Bank, First Trust Advisors LP, Two Sigma Investments LP, Banco Santander S.A., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Squarepoint Ops LLC and Two Sigma Advisers LP. Company insiders that have sold Citrix Systems company stock in the last year include David J Henshall, Jessica Soisson, Mark J Ferrer, Paul J Hough, Robert Calderoni, Rotterdam Jeroen Van and Timothy A Minahan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Citrix Systems.

CTXS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, APG Asset Management N.V., Northern Trust Corp, O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Prudential Financial Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System and Geode Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Citrix Systems.

Shares of CTXS 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 CTXS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $106.17.

Citrix Systems has a market capitalization of $14.31 billion and generates $2.97 billion in revenue each year. The cloud computing company earns $575.66 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.58 on an earnings per share basis. Citrix Systems employs 7,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Citrix Systems is http://www.citrix.com.

Citrix Systems' mailing address is 851 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD, FORT LAUDERDALE FL, 33309. The cloud computing company can be reached via phone at 954-267-3000 or via email at [email protected]