AmerisourceBergen Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:ABC)

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

AmerisourceBergen declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 8th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 19th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 16th. View AmerisourceBergen's Dividend History.

AmerisourceBergen Corp. (NYSE:ABC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The company reported $1.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $45.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $45.15 billion. AmerisourceBergen had a net margin of 0.54% and a return on equity of 47.88%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.54 EPS. View AmerisourceBergen's Earnings History.

AmerisourceBergen is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for AmerisourceBergen.

AmerisourceBergen will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 7th 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 updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.00-7.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.85.

9 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for AmerisourceBergen's stock. Their predictions range from $76.00 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate AmerisourceBergen's share price to reach $87.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.9% 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, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AmerisourceBergen.

Headlines about ABC stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AmerisourceBergen earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for AmerisourceBergen.

AmerisourceBergen saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 8,570,000 shares, an increase of 5.7% from the August 30th total of 8,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,280,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.7 days. Currently, 5.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View AmerisourceBergen's Current Options Chain.

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AmerisourceBergen's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.06%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.06%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB (0.05%) and Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.04%). Company insiders that own AmerisourceBergen stock include Dale Danilewitz, Gina Clark, Henry Wadsworth Mcgee III, James F Cleary Jr, John G Chou, 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 Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB, Artemis Investment Management LLP, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Northwest Bancshares Inc., LVW Advisors LLC, Pflug Koory LLC and Stephens Inc. AR. 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, Kathy H Gaddes, Lazarus Krikorian, Richard W Gochnauer, Robert P Mauch and Steven H Collis. View Insider Buying and Selling for AmerisourceBergen.

ABC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, PGGM Investments, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Winmill & CO. Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Tuttle Tactical Management. 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 $86.39.

AmerisourceBergen has a market capitalization of $18.16 billion and generates $167.94 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.66 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.49 on an earnings per share basis. AmerisourceBergen employs 21,000 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]