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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 4th. View Anthem's Dividend History.

Anthem Inc (NYSE:ANTM) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company reported $4.87 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $4.82 by $0.05. The firm earned $26.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $25.88 billion. Anthem had a return on equity of 15.59% and a net margin of 4.29%. Anthem's quarterly revenue was up 15.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $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.

16 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Anthem's shares. Their forecasts range from $262.00 to $391.00. On average, they anticipate Anthem's share price to reach $334.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Anthem.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Anthem in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Anthem.

News coverage about ANTM stock has been trending negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Anthem earned a news impact score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Anthem.

Anthem saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,400,000 shares, an increase of 13.1% from the December 15th total of 3,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,440,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.1 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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), Walt Disney (DIS), Alibaba Group (BABA), Boeing (BA), Visa (V), AT&T (T), Netflix (NFLX), 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 Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.15%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%), Empire Life Investments Inc. (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. (0.03%) and Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB (0.02%). 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., DNB Asset Management AS, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, TIAA FSB and FormulaFolio Investments LLC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Empire Life Investments Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Searle & CO., CX Institutional, Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB, Cerebellum GP LLC and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. 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 $305.99.

Anthem has a market capitalization of $77.59 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]