NYSE:ABCAmerisourceBergen Stock Price, Forecast & News

AmerisourceBergen's stock was trading at $84.96 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ABC shares have increased by 14.2% and is now trading at $97.05. 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The company reported $2.40 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.27 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $47.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $45.90 billion. AmerisourceBergen had a net margin of 0.85% and a return on equity of 48.85%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 9.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.11 earnings per share. View AmerisourceBergen's earnings history.

AmerisourceBergen declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Stockholders 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 yield of 1.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is a positive change from AmerisourceBergen's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View AmerisourceBergen's dividend history.

AmerisourceBergen updated 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 EPS estimate of $7.57.

8 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for AmerisourceBergen's shares. 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 8.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AmerisourceBergen.

News headlines about ABC stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AmerisourceBergen earned a news sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about AmerisourceBergen.

AmerisourceBergen saw a decline in short interest in 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 trading volume of 1,790,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 2.6% of the company's stock 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 many different 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 Birch Capital Management 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, Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, Fulton Bank N. A., Farmers Trust Co., Copperleaf Capital LLC, Birch Capital Management LLC, Deane Retirement Strategies Inc., and IBM Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold AmerisourceBergen company stock in the last year include Gina Clark, Henry Wadsworth Mcgee III, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc, Cypress Capital Group, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., Martin Capital Partners LLC, and Foundations Investment Advisors LLC. 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 $97.05.

AmerisourceBergen has a market capitalization of $19.74 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]