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

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

Citrix Systems announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. View Citrix Systems' Dividend History.

Citrix Systems announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, October 24th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $750,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 5.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The cloud computing company reported $1.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.27. The cloud computing company had revenue of $733 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $715.05 million. Citrix Systems had a return on equity of 97.57% and a net margin of 21.33%. The company's revenue was up .0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.40 EPS. View Citrix Systems' Earnings History.

Citrix Systems is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Citrix Systems.

Citrix Systems issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.25-5.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.15.

5 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Citrix Systems' stock. Their forecasts range from $92.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Citrix Systems' share price to reach $103.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Citrix Systems.

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

Headlines about CTXS stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Citrix Systems earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the cloud computing company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Citrix Systems.

Citrix Systems saw a decrease in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,990,000 shares, a decrease of 11.3% from the October 31st total of 6,750,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,730,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.5 days. Approximately 4.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Citrix Systems' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Citrix Systems investors own include Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), Express Scripts (ESRX), Micron Technology (MU), Tesla (TSLA), salesforce.com (CRM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), NVIDIA (NVDA), Boeing (BA) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Citrix Systems' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.19%), First Trust Advisors LP (2.93%), Man Group plc (1.70%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.85%), Teacher Retirement System of Texas (0.62%) and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.48%). Company insiders that own Citrix Systems stock include David J Henshall, Jessica Soisson, Mark J Ferrer, Mark J Schmitz, Mark M Coyle, Matto Andrew H Del, Paul J Hough, Peter John Sacripanti, 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Man Group plc, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Voya Investment Management LLC, Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and Mackay Shields LLC. Company insiders that have sold Citrix Systems company stock in the last year include David J Henshall, Jessica Soisson, Mark J Ferrer, Mark J Schmitz, Matto Andrew H Del, Paul J Hough, Peter John Sacripanti, Robert Calderoni, Rotterdam Jeroen Van and Timothy A Minahan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Citrix Systems.

CTXS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CDAM UK Ltd, Alberta Investment Management Corp, Phoenix Holdings Ltd., QV Investors Inc., Unigestion Holding SA, California Public Employees Retirement System, Voloridge Investment Management LLC and SG Americas Securities 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CTXS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $110.62.

Citrix Systems has a market capitalization of $14.40 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 8,200 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Citrix Systems.

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]