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. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.075 per share on Wednesday, September 12th. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 17th. View Symantec's Dividend History.

Symantec Co. (NASDAQ:SYMC) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 2nd. The technology company reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.01. The technology company earned $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. Symantec had a return on equity of 14.54% and a net margin of 25.52%. Symantec's revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.33 EPS. 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 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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Symantec's stock. Their predictions 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, 16 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Symantec.

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Press coverage about SYMC stock has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Symantec earned a coverage optimism score of 0.21 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the technology company an impact score of 45.53 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Symantec.

Symantec's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 $12.10 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.