NYSE:ANTM - Anthem Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Anthem announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th will be given a dividend of $0.80 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a $3.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 4th. View Anthem's Dividend History.

Anthem Inc (NYSE:ANTM) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company reported $4.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.82 by $0.05. The business earned $26.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $25.88 billion. Anthem had a net margin of 4.29% and a return on equity of 15.59%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 15.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.81 EPS. View Anthem's Earnings History.

Anthem is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Anthem.

Anthem will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

15 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Anthem's stock. Their forecasts range from $262.00 to $391.00. On average, they anticipate Anthem's stock price to reach $334.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Anthem.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Anthem in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Anthem.

Media stories about ANTM stock have trended extremely negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive media 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 media sentiment score of -4.5 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 company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Anthem.

Anthem saw a increase in short interest in 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 volume of 1,420,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Anthem's Current Options Chain.

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

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

Anthem's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Focused Investors LLC (0.24%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.15%), Strs Ohio (0.14%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%) and Empire Life Investments Inc. (0.05%). Company insiders that own Anthem stock include Brian T Griffin, Craig E Samitt, 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 First Hawaiian Bank, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Focused Investors LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Braun Stacey Associates Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and New York State Teachers Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Anthem company stock in the last year include Gloria M Mccarthy, Julie A Hill, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Empire Life Investments Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Searle & CO., CX Institutional and Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB. 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 $297.28.

Anthem has a market capitalization of $75.38 billion and generates $92.11 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $3.75 billion in net income (profit) each year or $15.89 on an earnings per share basis. Anthem employs 63,900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Anthem.

The official website for Anthem is http://www.antheminc.com/.

Anthem's mailing address is 220 VIRGINIA AVENUE, INDIANAPOLIS IN, 46204. The company can be reached via phone at 800-331-1476 or via email at [email protected]