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 Wednesday, October 23rd. Shareholders 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 1.10%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 4th. View Anthem's Dividend History.

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

15 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Anthem's shares. 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 15.3% 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.

News coverage about ANTM stock has trended very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Anthem earned a news sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Anthem.

Anthem saw a increase in short interest during 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 presently 3.1 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock 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), 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.48%), M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.25%), Focused Investors LLC (0.24%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.15%) and Strs Ohio (0.14%). 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, California Public Employees Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS, Braun Stacey Associates Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 M&G Investment Management Ltd., Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Empire Life Investments Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and Duncker Streett & Co. Inc.. 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 $290.32.

Anthem has a market capitalization of $73.61 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]