NASDAQ:SYMC - Symantec Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Symantec announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 8th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.075 per share on Wednesday, September 18th. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 23rd. View Symantec's Dividend History.

Symantec Co. (NASDAQ:SYMC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 8th. The technology company reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.11. The technology company had revenue of $1.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.19 billion. Symantec had a net margin of 2.43% and a return on equity of 14.94%. The company's revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.34 EPS. View Symantec's Earnings History.

12 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Symantec's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate Symantec's share price to reach $23.22 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Symantec.

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

Media coverage about SYMC stock has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores 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 negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Symantec earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Symantec.

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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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SYMC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.47.

Symantec has a market capitalization of $12.65 billion and generates $4.73 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $31 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.17 on an earnings per share basis. Symantec employs 11,900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Symantec.

The official website for Symantec is http://www.symantec.com/.

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