NYSE:ABCAmerisourceBergen Stock Price, Forecast & News

AmerisourceBergen's stock was trading at $84.96 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ABC shares have increased by 20.9% and is now trading at $102.71. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AmerisourceBergen in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for AmerisourceBergen.

AmerisourceBergen is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for AmerisourceBergen.

AmerisourceBergen will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

AmerisourceBergen Corp. (NYSE:ABC) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The company reported $2.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.27 by $0.13. The firm earned $47.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $45.90 billion. AmerisourceBergen had a return on equity of 48.85% and a net margin of 0.85%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 9.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.11 earnings per share. View AmerisourceBergen's earnings history.

AmerisourceBergen announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is an increase from AmerisourceBergen's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View AmerisourceBergen's dividend history.

AmerisourceBergen issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.35-7.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.57.

8 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for AmerisourceBergen's stock. Their forecasts range from $98.00 to $112.00. On average, they anticipate AmerisourceBergen's stock price to reach $105.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AmerisourceBergen.

News articles about ABC stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AmerisourceBergen earned a news impact score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about AmerisourceBergen.

AmerisourceBergen saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,820,000 shares, a decline of 8.0% from the May 31st total of 4,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,790,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View AmerisourceBergen's Current Options Chain.

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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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.16%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.15%), Hexavest Inc. (0.06%), Cypress Capital Group (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%) and Empowered Funds LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own AmerisourceBergen stock include Dale Danilewitz, Dermot Mark Durcan, Gina Clark, Henry Wadsworth Mcgee III, James F Cleary Jr, Jane E Md Henney, John G Chou, Kathleen W Hyle, Kathy H Gaddes, Lazarus Krikorian, Richard W Gochnauer, Robert P Mauch and Steven H Collis. View institutional ownership trends for AmerisourceBergen.

ABC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Empowered Funds LLC, Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, Stephenson National Bank & Trust, Fulton Bank N. A., Wedbush Securities Inc., and Farmers Trust Co.. Company insiders that have sold AmerisourceBergen company stock in the last year include Gina Clark, Jane E Md Henney, John G Chou, Kathleen W Hyle, Kathy H Gaddes, Lazarus Krikorian, Robert P Mauch, and Steven H Collis. View insider buying and selling activity for AmerisourceBergen.

ABC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Cypress Capital Group, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Ritholtz Wealth Management, and Contravisory Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought AmerisourceBergen stock in the last two years include Dermot Mark Durcan, and James F Cleary Jr. View insider buying and selling activity for AmerisourceBergen.

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One share of ABC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $102.71.

AmerisourceBergen has a market capitalization of $20.89 billion and generates $179.59 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $855.36 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.09 on an earnings per share basis. AmerisourceBergen employs 22,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for AmerisourceBergen is www.amerisourcebergen.com.

AmerisourceBergen's mailing address is 1300 MORRIS DRIVE, CHESTERBROOK PA, 19087. The company can be reached via phone at 610-727-7000 or via email at [email protected]