NYSE:AZN - AstraZeneca Stock Price, Price Target & More

AstraZeneca trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AZN."

AstraZeneca declared a semiannual dividend on Monday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 16th will be given a dividend of $0.95 per share on Monday, March 19th. This represents a yield of 5.62%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 15th. View AstraZeneca's Dividend History.

AstraZeneca's stock split on Monday, July 27th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, June 26th 2015. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, July 24th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of AstraZeneca stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

AstraZeneca plc (NYSE:AZN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May, 18th. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.20. The company earned $5.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.24 billion. AstraZeneca had a net margin of 12.61% and a return on equity of 30.73%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.99 earnings per share. View AstraZeneca's Earnings History.

AstraZeneca is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for AstraZeneca.

AstraZeneca updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.30-3.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.46.

17 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for AstraZeneca's stock. Their predictions range from $35.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect AstraZeneca's share price to reach $38.2833 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for AstraZeneca.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AstraZeneca in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

AstraZeneca saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 7,144,897 shares, a decrease of 34.8% from the June 15th total of 10,959,514 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,577,564 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View AstraZeneca's Current Options Chain.

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Press coverage about AZN stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. AstraZeneca earned a news sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company an impact score of 46.06 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

AstraZeneca's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.52%), BLB&B Advisors LLC (0.00%), Raymond James Trust N.A. (0.00%), Fulton Bank N.A. (0.00%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.00%) and Catawba Capital Management VA (0.00%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for AstraZeneca.

AZN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fulton Bank N.A., Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Atria Investments LLC and Raymond James Trust N.A.. View Insider Buying and Selling for AstraZeneca.

AZN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, BLB&B Advisors LLC, Catawba Capital Management VA, RDL Financial Inc. and Private Trust Co. NA. View Insider Buying and Selling for AstraZeneca.

Shares of AZN 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AZN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.16.

AstraZeneca has a market capitalization of $94.12 billion and generates $22.47 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $3.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.28 on an earnings per share basis. AstraZeneca employs 61,100 workers across the globe.

AstraZeneca's mailing address is 1 FRANCIS CRICK AVENUE CAMBRIDGE BIOMEDICAL CAMPUS, CAMBRIDGE X0, CB2 0AA. The company can be reached via phone at 44-20-3749-5000 or via email at [email protected]