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

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

Citrix Systems declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 24th. Investors of record on Friday, March 6th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, March 20th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 5th. View Citrix Systems' Dividend History.

Citrix Systems announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, October 24th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $750,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 5.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 22nd. The cloud computing company reported $1.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.54. The cloud computing company had revenue of $810 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $802.53 million. Citrix Systems had a return on equity of 93.09% and a net margin of 22.65%. Citrix Systems's revenue was up 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.67 earnings per share. View Citrix Systems' Earnings History.

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

Citrix Systems updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.35-5.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.57. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.10-3.13 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.11 billion.

9 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Citrix Systems' shares. Their forecasts range from $107.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect Citrix Systems' share price to reach $124.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Citrix Systems.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Citrix Systems in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Citrix Systems.

News articles about CTXS stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Citrix Systems earned a news impact score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the cloud computing company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Citrix Systems.

Citrix Systems saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,780,000 shares, an increase of 13.3% from the January 15th total of 4,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,550,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Currently, 3.7% of the company's stock 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 Netflix (NFLX), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Express Scripts (ESRX), salesforce.com (CRM), Adobe (ADBE) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Citrix Systems' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.50%), FMR LLC (3.28%), First Trust Advisors LP (2.32%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.94%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.64%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.26%). Company insiders that own Citrix Systems stock include David J Henshall, Jessica Soisson, Mark J Ferrer, Mark J Schmitz, Matto Andrew H Del, Nanci Caldwell, 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 Credit Suisse AG, AJO LP, FMR LLC, Man Group plc, First Trust Advisors LP, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Geode Capital Management LLC and UBS Oconnor 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, Nanci Caldwell, 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., State Street Corp, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and Reinhart Partners Inc.. 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 $116.08.

Citrix Systems has a market capitalization of $14.20 billion and generates $3.01 billion in revenue each year. The cloud computing company earns $681.81 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.13 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]