AmerisourceBergen (ABC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AmerisourceBergen in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" ABC shares.
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14 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for AmerisourceBergen's shares. Their ABC share price forecasts range from $169.00 to $215.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $189.36 in the next year.
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AmerisourceBergen saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,020,000 shares, an increase of 79.1% from the July 31st total of 3,920,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,730,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.1 days. Approximately 4.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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AmerisourceBergen Co. (NYSE:ABC) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The company reported $2.92 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.83 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $66.95 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $63.93 billion. AmerisourceBergen had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 612.69% and a net margin of 0.66%. AmerisourceBergen's quarterly revenue was up 11.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.62 EPS.
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AmerisourceBergen announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 11th will be given a dividend of $0.485 per share on Monday, August 28th. This represents a $1.94 annualized dividend and a yield of ∞. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 10th.
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AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC) pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.08%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 18 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 23.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ABC will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.14% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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AmerisourceBergen updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $11.85-11.95 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.86. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$257.67 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $255.31 billion.

447 employees have rated AmerisourceBergen Chief Executive Officer Steve Collis on Glassdoor.com. Steve Collis has an approval rating of 83% among the company's employees.

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

AmerisourceBergen's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.42%), State Street Corp (3.83%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.45%), Boston Partners (2.45%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.73%) and Bessemer Group Inc. (1.56%). Insiders that own company stock include Elizabeth S Campbell, Gina Clark, Henry Wadsworth Mcgee III, John G Chou, John G Chou, Lazarus Krikorian, Leslie E Donato, Robert P Mauch, Silvana Battaglia, Steven H Collis and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
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AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC) has a market capitalization of $0.00 and generates $254.43 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.70 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.21 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 44,000 workers across the globe.

AmerisourceBergen's mailing address is 1300 MORRIS DRIVE, CHESTERBROOK PA, 19087. The official website for the company is www.amerisourcebergen.com. The company can be reached via phone at (610) 727-7000, via email at investorrelations@amerisourcebergen.com, or via fax at 800-640-5221.