NYSE:AGN - Allergan Stock Price, Forecast & News

Allergan trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AGN."

Allergan declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.74 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $2.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. View Allergan's Dividend History.

Allergan declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, January 29th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 4.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Allergan plc (NYSE:AGN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February, 10th. The company reported $5.22 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $4.57 by $0.65. The firm had revenue of $4.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.09 billion. Allergan had a negative net margin of 32.76% and a positive return on equity of 9.82%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $4.29 EPS. View Allergan's Earnings History.

Allergan is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Allergan.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Allergan's shares. Their forecasts range from $144.95 to $203.00. On average, they expect Allergan's share price to reach $178.72 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Allergan.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Allergan in the last year. There are currently 16 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Allergan.

Media stories about AGN stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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. Allergan earned a daily sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Allergan.

Allergan saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,400,000 shares, an increase of 5.6% from the January 15th total of 14,580,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,360,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.5 days. Approximately 4.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Allergan's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Allergan include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Pfizer (PFE), AbbVie (ABBV), Eli Lilly And Co (LLY), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Zoetis (ZTS), Mylan (MYL), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Perrigo (PRGO), The Medicines (MDCO), Horizon Therapeutics (HZNP), Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), Pacira Biosciences (PCRX) and Corcept Therapeutics (CORT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Allergan investors own include CA (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Micron Technology (MU), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), NIC (EGOV), Transocean (RIG) and United Rentals (URI).

Allergan's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.39%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.24%), Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (2.10%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.53%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.77%) and TIG Advisors LLC (0.68%). Company insiders that own Allergan stock include Brent L Saunders, Christopher J Coughlin, Joseph H Boccuzi, Maria Teresa Hilado, Matthew M Walsh and William Meury. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Allergan.

AGN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Fred Alger Management LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, State Street Corp, FMR LLC, Fir Tree Capital Management LP and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. View Insider Buying and Selling for Allergan.

AGN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp, Segantii Capital Management Ltd, Bank of Montreal Can, Beryl Capital Management LLC, Laurion Capital Management LP, FIL Ltd and Vivaldi Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Allergan stock in the last two years include Brent L Saunders, Christopher J Coughlin, Joseph H Boccuzi, Maria Teresa Hilado and Matthew M Walsh. View Insider Buying and Selling for Allergan.

Shares of AGN 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 AGN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $198.32.

Allergan has a market capitalization of $65.10 billion and generates $16.09 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-5,271,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $17.64 on an earnings per share basis. Allergan employs 16,900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Allergan.

The official website for Allergan is http://www.allergan.com/.

Allergan's mailing address is CLONSHAUGH BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY PARK COOLOCK, DUBLIN L2, D17 E400. The company can be reached via phone at 862-261-7000 or via email at [email protected]