NASDAQ:SYMC - Symantec Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Symantec declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 10th. Investors of record on Friday, June 8th will be given a dividend of $0.075 per share on Wednesday, June 20th. This represents a $0.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 7th. View Symantec's Dividend History.

Symantec Co. (NASDAQ:SYMC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 10th. The technology company reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.07. The technology company earned $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.19 billion. Symantec had a net margin of 23.98% and a return on equity of 16.24%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.28 earnings per share. View Symantec's Earnings History.

Symantec is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Symantec.

Symantec updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.50-1.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.80. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.76-4.90 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.94 billion.Symantec also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.31-0.35 EPS.

23 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Symantec's shares. Their predictions range from $18.85 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Symantec's share price to reach $27.8147 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Symantec.

Symantec saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 18,837,805 shares, a decrease of 27.4% from the May 15th total of 25,961,188 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,421,967 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 3.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

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News coverage about SYMC stock has been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. 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 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the technology company an impact score of 46.07 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Symantec's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.51%), Franklin Resources Inc. (4.69%), CI Global Investments Inc. (2.69%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (1.20%), Northern Trust Corp (1.16%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.58%). 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 Foresters Investment Management Company Inc., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Franklin Resources Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Sei Investments Co., Swiss National Bank and KBC Group NV. 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, Michael David Fey, Nicholas R Noviello, Roxane Divol, Scott C Taylor and Suzanne M Vautrinot. View Insider Buying and Selling for Symantec.

SYMC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CI Global Investments Inc., Select Equity Group L.P., Eaton Vance Management, American Century Companies Inc., Element Capital Management LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, BlackRock Inc. and Legal & General Group Plc. 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 $21.03.

Symantec has a market capitalization of $13.21 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.