NASDAQ:JAZZJazz Pharmaceuticals Stock Price, Forecast & News

Jazz Pharmaceuticals' stock was trading at $108.04 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, JAZZ stock has increased by 1.4% and is now trading at $109.59. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jazz Pharmaceuticals in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (NASDAQ:JAZZ) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The specialty pharmaceutical company reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.24. The specialty pharmaceutical company earned $534.73 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $544.55 million. Jazz Pharmaceuticals had a net margin of 12.81% and a return on equity of 21.66%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.67 EPS. View Jazz Pharmaceuticals' earnings history.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of 11.25-12.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $12.31. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.12-2.26 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.3 billion.

19 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Jazz Pharmaceuticals' shares. Their forecasts range from $109.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect Jazz Pharmaceuticals' stock price to reach $156.22 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 42.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

News articles about JAZZ stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Jazz Pharmaceuticals earned a daily sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty pharmaceutical company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutJazz Pharmaceuticals.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,790,000 shares, a drop of 5.4% from the April 30th total of 2,950,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 693,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.0 days. Currently, 5.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Jazz Pharmaceuticals' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Jazz Pharmaceuticals include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Pfizer (PFE), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Eli Lilly And Co (LLY), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), AbbVie (ABBV), Allergan (AGN), Zoetis (ZTS), Horizon Therapeutics (HZNP), Mylan (MYL), Perrigo (PRGO), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Pacira Biosciences (PCRX), Corcept Therapeutics (CORT) and Zogenix (ZGNX). View all competitors.

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "JAZZ."

Jazz Pharmaceuticals' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.15%), AQR Capital Management LLC (4.25%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.19%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (2.96%), State Street Corp (2.72%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.49%). Company insiders that own Jazz Pharmaceuticals stock include Bruce C Cozadd, Catherine A Sohn, Finbar Larkin, Kenneth W O'keefe, Matthew P Young, Michael Patrick Miller, Patricia Carr, Patrick G Enright, Paul Treacy, Rick E Winningham, Seamus Mulligan and Suzanne Sawochka Hooper. View institutional ownership trends for Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

JAZZ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, KBC Group NV, Wellington Management Group LLP, and AJO LP. Company insiders that have sold Jazz Pharmaceuticals company stock in the last year include Bruce C Cozadd, Catherine A Sohn, Finbar Larkin, Kenneth W O'keefe, Michael Patrick Miller, Patricia Carr, and Paul Treacy. View insider buying and selling activity for Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

JAZZ stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Sarissa Capital Management LP, APG Asset Management N.V., Janus Henderson Group PLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., and Systematic Financial Management LP. View insider buying and selling activity for Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

Shares of JAZZ 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 JAZZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $109.59.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $6.06 billion and generates $2.16 billion in revenue each year. The specialty pharmaceutical company earns $523.37 million in net income (profit) each year or $14.60 on an earnings per share basis. Jazz Pharmaceuticals employs 1,620 workers across the globe.

The official website for Jazz Pharmaceuticals is www.jazzpharma.com.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals' mailing address is FIFTH FLOOR WATERLOO EXCHANGE WATERLOO ROAD, DUBLIN L2, D04. The specialty pharmaceutical company can be reached via phone at 011-353-1634-7800 or via email at investor.jazzpharma.com.