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 (WHO). Since then, ABC stock has increased by 17.1% and is now trading at $99.45. 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 3 hold ratings and 5 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 Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for AmerisourceBergen.

AmerisourceBergen Corp. (NYSE:ABC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 7th. The company reported $2.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.27 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $47.42 billion for 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 company's quarterly revenue was up 9.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $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 paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.69%. 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 issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.35-7.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $7.57.

8 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for AmerisourceBergen's stock. Their forecasts range from $94.00 to $112.00. On average, they expect AmerisourceBergen's share price to reach $103.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AmerisourceBergen.

News stories about ABC stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AmerisourceBergen earned a coverage optimism score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutAmerisourceBergen.

AmerisourceBergen saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,830,000 shares, a decline of 10.1% from the April 30th total of 4,260,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,940,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.53%), State Street Corp (3.46%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.38%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.19%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.11%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.98%). Company insiders that own AmerisourceBergen stock include Dale Danilewitz, Dermot Mark Durcan, Gina Clark, Henry Wadsworth Mcgee III, James F Cleary Jr, John G Chou, Kathleen W Hyle, Kathy H Gaddes, Lazarus Krikorian, 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., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, APG Asset Management N.V., Morgan Stanley, and Morgan Stanley. Company insiders that have sold AmerisourceBergen company stock in the last year include Gina Clark, Henry Wadsworth Mcgee III, John G Chou, Kathleen W Hyle, Kathy H Gaddes, Richard W Gochnauer, 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, and Swiss National Bank. 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 $99.45.

AmerisourceBergen has a market capitalization of $20.23 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]