NASDAQ:DISCA - Discovery Communications Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Discovery Communications trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "DISCA."

Discovery Communications declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Monday, July 31st 2017, which permits the company to buyback outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Discovery Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:DISCA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 8th. The company reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.10. The company earned $2.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.60 billion. Discovery Communications had a negative net margin of 8.52% and a positive return on equity of 17.05%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 57.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.43 EPS. View Discovery Communications' Earnings History.

Discovery Communications is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Discovery Communications.

17 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Discovery Communications' shares. Their predictions range from $20.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Discovery Communications' stock price to reach $33.0938 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Discovery Communications.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Discovery Communications in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Discovery Communications.

News stories about DISCA stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Discovery Communications earned a media sentiment score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Discovery Communications saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 31,450,459 shares, an increase of 7.7% from the October 15th total of 29,188,796 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,776,019 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.6 days. Currently, 20.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View Discovery Communications' Current Options Chain.

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Discovery Communications' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (2.29%), BlackRock Inc. (1.86%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.26%), Smead Capital Management Inc. (0.98%), New South Capital Management Inc. (0.94%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.76%). Company insiders that own Discovery Communications stock include Adria Alpert-Romm, Bruce Campbell, David Leavy, Gunnar Wiedenfels, J David Wargo, Jean-Briac Perrette, John C Malone, Kenneth W Lowe, Kurt Wehner, Paul A Gould, Paul J Guagliardo, S Decker Anstrom and Savalle Sims. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Discovery Communications.

DISCA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Alliancebernstein L.P., Deutsche Bank AG, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Unigestion Holding SA, Schroder Investment Management Group and New South Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Discovery Communications company stock in the last year include Adria Alpert-Romm, Bruce Campbell, David Leavy, Gunnar Wiedenfels, Jean-Briac Perrette, Kenneth W Lowe, Kurt Wehner and Savalle Sims. View Insider Buying and Selling for Discovery Communications.

DISCA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Man Group plc, Anavon Capital LLP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management LP, AO Asset Management LP and Silchester International Investors LLP. Company insiders that have bought Discovery Communications stock in the last two years include Gunnar Wiedenfels, J David Wargo, John C Malone, Paul J Guagliardo and S Decker Anstrom. View Insider Buying and Selling for Discovery Communications.

Shares of DISCA 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 DISCA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.51.

Discovery Communications has a market capitalization of $16.46 billion and generates $6.87 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-337,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $2.24 on an earnings per share basis. Discovery Communications employs 7,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Discovery Communications is http://corporate.discovery.com.

Discovery Communications' mailing address is 1 DISCOVERY PLACE, SILVER SPRING MD, 20910. The company can be reached via phone at 240-662-2000 or via email at [email protected]very.com.