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 Thursday, January 30th. Investors of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.95 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $3.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. This is a boost from Anthem's previous quarterly dividend of $0.80. View Anthem's Dividend History.

Anthem Inc (NYSE:ANTM) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company reported $3.88 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.90 by $0.02. The firm earned $27.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $27.06 billion. Anthem had a net margin of 4.61% and a return on equity of 16.34%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 16.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $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 updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 22.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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 twelve-month price objectives for Anthem's stock. Their forecasts range from $262.00 to $391.00. On average, they expect Anthem's share price to reach $332.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.1% 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.

News headlines about ANTM stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Anthem earned a media sentiment score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Anthem.

Anthem saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 3,930,000 shares, a decrease of 13.2% from the January 30th total of 4,530,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,430,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the company 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), 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wealth Quarterback LLC (14.49%), State Street Corp (4.35%), Capital International Investors (2.75%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (1.63%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.47%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.22%). 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, Janus Henderson Group PLC, MUFG Americas Holdings Corp, CI Investments Inc., First Hawaiian Bank, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 Wealth Quarterback LLC, Capital International Investors, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, M&G Investment Management Ltd., First Eagle Investment Management LLC, Sanders Capital LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank and Partner Fund Management L.P.. 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 $257.86.

Anthem has a market capitalization of $65.07 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 70,600 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]