NYSE:ANTM - Anthem Stock Price, Forecast & News

Anthem trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ANTM."

Anthem declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Investors of record on Monday, March 16th will be given a dividend of $0.95 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $3.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. This is an increase from Anthem's previous quarterly dividend of $0.80. View Anthem's Dividend History.

Anthem Inc (NYSE:ANTM) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company reported $3.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.90 by $0.02. The business earned $27.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $27.06 billion. Anthem had a return on equity of 16.34% and a net margin of 4.61%. The firm's revenue was up 16.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.44 earnings per share. View Anthem's Earnings History.

Anthem is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Anthem.

Anthem issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided EPS guidance of 22.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $22.71. The company issued revenue guidance of $117-117 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $115.28 billion.

14 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Anthem's stock. Their forecasts range from $262.00 to $391.00. On average, they expect Anthem's stock price to reach $328.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Anthem.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Anthem in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Anthem.

Media coverage about ANTM stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Anthem earned a coverage optimism 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, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Anthem.

Anthem saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,400,000 shares, an increase of 13.1% from the December 31st total of 3,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,420,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View Anthem's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Anthem include WellCare Health Plans (WCG), Centene (CNC), Cigna (CI), Humana (HUM), Magellan Health (MGLN), Molina Healthcare (MOH), Triple-S Management (GTS) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Anthem investors own include UnitedHealth Group (UNH), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Alibaba Group (BABA), Boeing (BA), Visa (V), Netflix (NFLX), AT&T (T), Bank of America (BAC) and CVS Health (CVS).

Anthem's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.35%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (1.63%), Sanders Capital LLC (1.03%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.97%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (0.88%) and Boston Partners (0.83%). Company insiders that own Anthem stock include Brian T Griffin, Craig E Samitt, Gail Boudreaux, Gloria M Mccarthy, John E Gallina, Joseph Swedish, Julie A Hill, Peter D Haytaian, Ramiro G Peru, Robert L Dixon Jr, Ronald W Penczek and Thomas C Zielinski. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Anthem.

ANTM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, MUFG Americas Holdings Corp, CI Investments Inc., First Hawaiian Bank, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Baillie Gifford & Co.. Company insiders that have sold Anthem company stock in the last year include Gloria M Mccarthy, Peter D Haytaian, Ramiro G Peru, Robert L Dixon Jr, Ronald W Penczek and Thomas C Zielinski. View Insider Buying and Selling for Anthem.

ANTM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, M&G Investment Management Ltd., First Eagle Investment Management LLC, Sanders Capital LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Partner Fund Management L.P., Farallon Capital Management LLC and Lakewood Capital Management LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Anthem.

Shares of ANTM 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 ANTM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $297.82.

Anthem has a market capitalization of $75.52 billion and generates $104.21 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $4.81 billion in net income (profit) each year or $19.44 on an earnings per share basis. Anthem employs 63,900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Anthem.