Anthem Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Anthem in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Anthem stock.
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Anthem is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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Anthem, Inc. (NYSE:ANTM) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 20th. The company reported $7.01 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $6.86 by $0.15. The firm earned $32.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $32.98 billion. Anthem had a net margin of 4.22% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.45%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $6.48 EPS.
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Anthem's stock was trading at $281.69 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ANTM shares have increased by 40.0% and is now trading at $394.49.
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Anthem announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 21st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 10th will be paid a dividend of $1.13 per share on Friday, June 25th. This represents a $4.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.15%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 9th. This is an increase from Anthem's previous quarterly dividend of $0.95.
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Anthem pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.12%. Anthem does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Anthem is 23.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Anthem will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.73% next year. This indicates that Anthem will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Anthem updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 25.100- for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $24.820. The company issued revenue guidance of $135.10 billion-$135.10 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $135.03 billion.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Anthem's shares. Their forecasts range from $320.00 to $450.00. On average, they anticipate Anthem's stock price to reach $391.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%.
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718 employees have rated Anthem CEO Gail K. Boudreaux on Glassdoor.com. Gail K. Boudreaux has an approval rating of 67% among Anthem's employees.

Some companies that are related to Anthem include UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Cigna (CI), Humana (HUM), Centene (CNC), Molina Healthcare (MOH), Magellan Health (MGLN) and Triple-S Management (GTS).
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Anthem trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ANTM."

Anthem's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Baillie Gifford & Co. (1.60%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.51%), Sanders Capital LLC (1.43%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.37%), Boston Partners (0.86%) and Newport Trust Co (0.58%). Company insiders that own Anthem stock include Gail Boudreaux, Gloria M Mccarthy, Julie A Hill, Peter D Haytaian, Ramiro G Peru, Robert L Dixon Jr, Ronald W Penczek, Ryan M Schneider and Thomas C Zielinski.
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ANTM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Acadian Asset Management LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Newport Trust Co, Boston Partners, Rhumbline Advisers, and Toronto Dominion Bank. Company insiders that have sold Anthem company stock in the last year include Gloria M Mccarthy, Julie A Hill, Peter D Haytaian, Robert L Dixon Jr, and Ronald W Penczek.
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ANTM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Tesco Pension Investment Ltd, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Sanders Capital LLC, and TIAA FSB. Company insiders that have bought Anthem stock in the last two years include Gail Boudreaux, and Ryan M Schneider.
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One share of ANTM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $394.49.

Anthem has a market capitalization of $96.59 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 83,400 workers across the globe.

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Anthem was founded in 2004.

The official website for Anthem is www.antheminc.com.

Anthem is headquartered at 220 VIRGINIA AVENUE, INDIANAPOLIS IN, 46204.

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]