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 16.0% and is now trading at $98.59. 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 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.27 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $47.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $45.90 billion. AmerisourceBergen had a net margin of 0.85% and a return on equity of 48.85%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 9.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.11 earnings per share. View AmerisourceBergen's earnings history.

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 1.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is a boost 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 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives 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 6.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AmerisourceBergen.

Media headlines about ABC stock have been trending somewhat negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. 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 daily sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about AmerisourceBergen.

AmerisourceBergen saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,820,000 shares, a drop 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 short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's shares 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 many different retail and institutional 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, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, Fulton Bank N. A., Farmers Trust Co., Copperleaf Capital LLC, Birch Capital Management LLC, and Deane Retirement Strategies Inc.. 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 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., Global Retirement Partners LLC, and Martin Capital Partners 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 $98.59.

AmerisourceBergen has a market capitalization of $20.05 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]