NYSE:AGNAllergan Stock Price, Forecast & News

Allergan's stock was trading at $185.50 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AGN shares have increased by 4.1% and is now trading at $193.02. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Allergan in the last year. There are currently 12 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Allergan.

Allergan is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Allergan.

Allergan plc (NYSE:AGN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 10th. The company reported $5.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.57 by $0.65. The business earned $4.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.09 billion. Allergan had a negative net margin of 15.44% and a positive return on equity of 8.46%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $4.29 EPS. View Allergan's earnings history.

Allergan announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 16th will be given a dividend of $0.74 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $2.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 15th. View Allergan's dividend history.

Allergan declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, January 29th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding 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 plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

13 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Allergan's shares. Their forecasts range from $165.00 to $203.00. On average, they expect Allergan's share price to reach $186.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.3%. View analysts' price targets for Allergan.

News coverage about AGN stock has been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Allergan earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines 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 stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutAllergan.

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

Allergan's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.42%), State Street Corp (4.15%), Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (1.52%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.24%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.12%) and Morgan Stanley (0.84%). Company insiders that own Allergan stock include Brent L Saunders, Christopher J Coughlin, Joseph H Boccuzi and Matthew M Walsh. View institutional ownership trends for Allergan.

AGN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Clearbridge Investments LLC, State Street Corp, Segantii Capital Management Ltd, Scharf Investments LLC, Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, and Mackenzie Financial Corp. View insider buying and selling activity for Allergan.

AGN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Syquant Capital Sas, JPMorgan Chase & Co., ING Groep NV, BlackRock Inc., Water Island Capital LLC, Maso Capital Partners Ltd, Glazer Capital LLC, and Swiss National Bank. Company insiders that have bought Allergan stock in the last two years include Brent L Saunders, Christopher J Coughlin, Joseph H Boccuzi, and Matthew M Walsh. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $193.02.

Allergan has a market capitalization of $63.50 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 17,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Allergan is 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]