NYSE:ARD - Ardagh Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Ardagh Group declared a dividend on Thursday, October 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Friday, November 29th. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 14th. View Ardagh Group's Dividend History.

Ardagh Group SA (NYSE:ARD) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $1.58 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.59 billion. Ardagh Group had a negative return on equity of 26.53% and a negative net margin of 1.01%. Ardagh Group's quarterly revenue was down .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.33 EPS. View Ardagh Group's Earnings History.

Ardagh Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ardagh Group.

Ardagh Group updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.48-1.64 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.61.

4 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Ardagh Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $23.00. On average, they anticipate Ardagh Group's stock price to reach $21.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ardagh Group.

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

Media coverage about ARD stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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 news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Ardagh 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 $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's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Canyon Capital Advisors LLC (15.59%), FMR LLC (8.99%), Schroder Investment Management Group (5.65%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (5.06%), Franklin Resources Inc. (4.20%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.22%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ardagh Group.

ARD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., Sei Investments Co., Oxford Asset Management LLP, State Street Corp, Credit Suisse AG, Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, Bank of America Corp DE and Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ardagh Group.

ARD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Gabelli Funds LLC, Spark Investment Management LLC, Globeflex Capital L P, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Public Sector Pension Investment Board. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $20.37.

Ardagh Group has a market capitalization of $379.70 million and generates $9.10 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-94,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.69 on an earnings per share basis. Ardagh Group employs 23,400 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ardagh Group.

The official website for Ardagh Group is http://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.