AmerisourceBergen - ABC Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AmerisourceBergen in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" ABC shares.
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13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for AmerisourceBergen's stock. Their ABC share price forecasts range from $169.00 to $201.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $180.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.1% from the stock's current price.
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AmerisourceBergen's stock was trading at $165.71 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ABC shares have decreased by 7.2% and is now trading at $153.77.
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AmerisourceBergen saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 3,310,000 shares, an increase of 10.0% from the February 13th total of 3,010,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,400,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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AmerisourceBergen Co. (NYSE:ABC) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 1st. The company reported $2.71 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.62 by $0.09. The business earned $62.85 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $62.77 billion. AmerisourceBergen had a net margin of 0.72% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 597.57%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.58 EPS.
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AmerisourceBergen declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.485 per share on Monday, February 27th. This represents a $1.94 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 9th.
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AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC) pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.28%. 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 23.54%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ABC will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.57% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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AmerisourceBergen issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $11.50-$11.75 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $11.51. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.22%), Boston Partners (2.53%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.06%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.61%), Bessemer Group Inc. (1.31%) and Morgan Stanley (1.27%). Insiders that own company stock include Dermot Mark Durcan, Elizabeth S Campbell, Gina Clark, Henry Wadsworth Mcgee III, Jane E Md Henney, 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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One share of ABC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $153.77.

AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC) has a market capitalization of $31.10 billion and generates $238.59 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.70 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.24 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.