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 paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, March 20th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 5th. View Citrix Systems' Dividend History.

Citrix Systems announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, October 24th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $750,000,000.00 in outstanding 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 programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 22nd. The cloud computing company reported $1.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.54. The cloud computing company earned $810 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $802.53 million. Citrix Systems had a return on equity of 84.34% and a net margin of 22.65%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.67 EPS. 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 issued an update on 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 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Citrix Systems' stock. Their forecasts range from $107.00 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate Citrix Systems' share price to reach $124.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.4% 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 trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Citrix Systems earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories 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 impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Citrix Systems.

Citrix Systems saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume of 1,550,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.1 days. Approximately 3.7% 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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 $108.65.

Citrix Systems has a market capitalization of $13.29 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 8,400 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]