NYSE:ARDArdagh Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ardagh Group's stock was trading at $14.49 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ARD shares have decreased by 13.0% and is now trading at $12.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ardagh Group in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Ardagh Group.

Ardagh Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ardagh Group.

Ardagh Group SA (NYSE:ARD) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 23rd. The company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.31. The company had revenue of $1.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.62 billion. Ardagh Group had a net margin of 19.47% and a negative return on equity of 47.16%. View Ardagh Group's earnings history.

Ardagh Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.76%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 2nd. This is an increase from Ardagh Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. View Ardagh Group's dividend history.

6 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Ardagh Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect Ardagh Group's stock price to reach $17.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ardagh Group.

News articles about ARD stock have trended negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ardagh Group earned a media sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories 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 company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutArdagh Group.

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(ARD) raised $300 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, March 15th 2017. The company issued 16,200,000 shares at a price of $17.00-$20.00 per share. Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman, Sachs, Barclays, Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Davy and Wells Fargo Securities were co-managers.

Ardagh Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ARD."

Ardagh Group's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Clearbridge Investments LLC (7.02%), Wellington Management Group LLP (6.30%), Schroder Investment Management Group (5.81%), Silver Rock Financial LP (3.88%), Franklin Resources Inc. (3.43%) and BlackRock Inc. (2.41%). View institutional ownership trends for Ardagh Group.

ARD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Franklin Resources Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Invesco Ltd., and Spark Investment Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Ardagh Group.

ARD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AJO LP, Alaska Permanent Fund Corp, Weiss Multi Strategy Advisers LLC, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Gabelli Funds LLC, Silver Rock Financial LP, American International Group Inc., and Schroder Investment Management Group. View insider buying and selling activity for Ardagh Group.

Shares of ARD 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 ARD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.60.

Ardagh Group has a market capitalization of $235.12 million and generates $6.66 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.46 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.82 on an earnings per share basis. Ardagh Group employs 16,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ardagh Group is www.ardaghgroup.com.

Ardagh Group's mailing address is 56 RUE CHARLES MARTEL, LUXEMBOURG N4, L-2134. The company can be reached via phone at 352-2625-8555.