NYSE:ABB - ABB Stock Price, Price Target & More

ABB trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ABB."

ABB announced an annual dividend on Thursday, March 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 5th will be given a dividend of $0.8261 per share on Tuesday, May 15th. This represents a yield of 3.44%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 4th. This is an increase from ABB's previous annual dividend of $0.75. View ABB's Dividend History.

ABB Ltd (NYSE:ABB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 19th. The industrial products company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.31. The industrial products company earned $8.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.40 billion. ABB had a net margin of 5.87% and a return on equity of 18.85%. ABB's revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.28 earnings per share. View ABB's Earnings History.

ABB is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for ABB.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for ABB's stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $27.00. On average, they anticipate ABB's share price to reach $25.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for ABB.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ABB in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

ABB saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,158,478 shares, a decrease of 35.8% from the May 31st total of 6,475,144 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,629,960 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View ABB's Current Options Chain.

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News stories about ABB stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. ABB earned a media sentiment score of 0.19 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the industrial products company an impact score of 47.25 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

ABB's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.48%), Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.18%), Ledyard National Bank (0.02%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.01%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.01%) and Thompson Investment Management Inc. (0.01%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for ABB.

ABB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, Community Bank & Trust Waco Texas and Bellecapital International Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for ABB.

ABB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hamlin Capital Management LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Ledyard National Bank, Atria Investments LLC and Thompson Investment Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for ABB.

Shares of ABB 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 ABB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.77.

ABB has a market capitalization of $46.26 billion and generates $34.31 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $2.21 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.25 on an earnings per share basis. ABB employs 134,800 workers across the globe.

ABB's mailing address is Affolternstrasse 44, Zurich V8, CH 8050. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 41-43-317-7111 or via email at [email protected]