NASDAQ:SYMC - Symantec Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Symantec trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SYMC."

Symantec announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 2nd. Investors of record on Monday, August 20th will be given a dividend of $0.075 per share on Wednesday, September 12th. This represents a $0.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 17th. View Symantec's Dividend History.

Symantec Co. (NASDAQ:SYMC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 2nd. The technology company reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.01. The technology company had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.15 billion. Symantec had a return on equity of 14.54% and a net margin of 25.52%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.33 earnings per share. View Symantec's Earnings History.

Symantec is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Symantec.

Symantec issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.47-$1.57 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.56. The company issued revenue guidance of $4670-$4790 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.83 billion.Symantec also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.31-$0.35 EPS.

22 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Symantec's stock. Their forecasts range from $18.85 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Symantec's stock price to reach $24.6382 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Symantec.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Symantec in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 17 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Symantec.

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Media stories about SYMC stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Symantec earned a daily sentiment score of 0.23 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the technology company an impact score of 47.05 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Symantec.

Symantec's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.54%), Morgan Stanley (1.46%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.98%), FMR LLC (0.73%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.70%) and Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (0.66%). Company insiders that own Symantec stock include Amy L Cappellanti-Wolf, Anita M Sands, Francis C Rosch, Gregory S Clark, Mark S Garfield, Michael David Fey, Nicholas R Noviello, Roxane Divol, Scott C Taylor and Suzanne M Vautrinot. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Symantec.

SYMC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Macquarie Group Ltd., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Sei Investments Co., Bank of Montreal Can, Arizona State Retirement System, AMP Capital Investors Ltd and Sandy Spring Bank. Company insiders that have sold Symantec company stock in the last year include Amy L Cappellanti-Wolf, Anita M Sands, Francis C Rosch, Gregory S Clark, Nicholas R Noviello, Roxane Divol, Scott C Taylor and Suzanne M Vautrinot. View Insider Buying and Selling for Symantec.

SYMC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, SG Americas Securities LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Tobam, FMR LLC, Boston Partners, Toronto Dominion Bank and Nomura Holdings Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Symantec.

Shares of SYMC 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 SYMC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.36.

Symantec has a market capitalization of $11.92 billion and generates $4.85 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $1.16 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.95 on an earnings per share basis. Symantec employs 13,000 workers across the globe.

Symantec's mailing address is 350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA, 94043. The technology company can be reached via phone at 650-527-8000.