NYSE:ABC - AmerisourceBergen Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

AmerisourceBergen announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.79%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 13th. This is a positive change from AmerisourceBergen's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View AmerisourceBergen's Dividend History.

AmerisourceBergen Corp. (NYSE:ABC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The company reported $1.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.09. The company earned $47.86 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $47.84 billion. AmerisourceBergen had a net margin of 0.36% and a return on equity of 49.95%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 5.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.60 EPS. View AmerisourceBergen's Earnings History.

AmerisourceBergen is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AmerisourceBergen.

AmerisourceBergen issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 7.55-7.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.53.

9 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for AmerisourceBergen's shares. Their forecasts range from $76.00 to $112.00. On average, they anticipate AmerisourceBergen's stock price to reach $96.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AmerisourceBergen.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AmerisourceBergen in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AmerisourceBergen.

Headlines about ABC stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AmerisourceBergen earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for AmerisourceBergen.

AmerisourceBergen saw a drop in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 5,570,000 shares, a drop of 18.6% from the January 30th total of 6,840,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,160,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.8 days. Currently, 3.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View AmerisourceBergen's Current Options Chain.

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AmerisourceBergen's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.48%), FMR LLC (2.60%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.43%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.42%), Boston Partners (1.19%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.17%). Company insiders that own AmerisourceBergen stock include Dale Danilewitz, Gina Clark, Henry Wadsworth Mcgee III, James F Cleary Jr, John G Chou, Kathleen W Hyle, Kathy H Gaddes, Lazarus Krikorian, Peyton R Howell, Richard W Gochnauer, Robert P Mauch, Steven H Collis and Tim G Guttman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for AmerisourceBergen.

ABC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, FIL Ltd, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd., Sei Investments Co., Poplar Forest Capital LLC and AJO LP. Company insiders that have sold AmerisourceBergen company stock in the last year include Dale Danilewitz, Gina Clark, Henry Wadsworth Mcgee III, James F Cleary Jr, John G Chou, Kathleen W Hyle, Kathy H Gaddes, Richard W Gochnauer, Robert P Mauch and Steven H Collis. View Insider Buying and Selling for AmerisourceBergen.

ABC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., USS Investment Management Ltd, FMR LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and PGGM Investments. View Insider Buying and Selling for AmerisourceBergen.

Shares of ABC 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ABC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $93.71.

AmerisourceBergen has a market capitalization of $19.29 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.View Additional Information About AmerisourceBergen.

The official website for AmerisourceBergen is http://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]