NYSE:AZN - AstraZeneca Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

AstraZeneca announced a semi-annual dividend on Tuesday, February 18th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.95 per share on Monday, March 30th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View AstraZeneca's Dividend History.

AstraZeneca shares 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 market closes 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 earnings results on Friday, February, 14th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.08. The company earned $6.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.75 billion. AstraZeneca had a return on equity of 32.24% and a net margin of 5.38%. AstraZeneca's quarterly revenue was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.58 earnings per share. View AstraZeneca's Earnings History.

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

12 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for AstraZeneca's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.73 to $57.00. On average, they anticipate AstraZeneca's share price to reach $50.68 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AstraZeneca.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AstraZeneca in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AstraZeneca.

Media stories about AZN stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AstraZeneca earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for AstraZeneca.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AstraZeneca investors own include Pfizer (PFE), AT&T (T), AbbVie (ABBV), Bank of America (BAC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Micron Technology (MU), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) and Intel (INTC).

AstraZeneca's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (2.02%), Wealth Quarterback LLC (1.77%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.40%), Capital International Investors (0.87%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.35%) and GQG Partners LLC (0.27%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for AstraZeneca.

AZN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Bank of America Corp DE, Marshall Wace LLP, Bank of Montreal Can, Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for AstraZeneca.

AZN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Quarterback LLC, Capital International Investors, FMR LLC, GQG Partners LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Galibier Capital Management Ltd. and Ariose Capital Management Ltd. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AZN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.87.

AstraZeneca has a market capitalization of $125.60 billion and generates $24.38 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.34 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.75 on an earnings per share basis. AstraZeneca employs 64,400 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About AstraZeneca.

The official website for AstraZeneca is http://www.astrazeneca.com/.

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]