NYSE:AZN - AstraZeneca Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

AstraZeneca announced a semiannual dividend on Friday, February 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 1st will be given a dividend of $0.95 per share on Wednesday, March 27th. This represents a dividend yield of 4.64%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 28th. This is a positive change from AstraZeneca's previous semiannual dividend of $0.45. View AstraZeneca's Dividend History.

AstraZeneca's stock split before market open on Monday, July 27th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, June 26th 2015. The newly created shares were issued 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The company reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $5.72 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.57 billion. AstraZeneca had a return on equity of 35.83% and a net margin of 9.38%. AstraZeneca's revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.69 earnings per share. View AstraZeneca's Earnings History.

AstraZeneca is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for AstraZeneca.

AstraZeneca updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.50-3.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.54.

18 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for AstraZeneca's shares. Their predictions range from $40.73 to $50.00. On average, they expect AstraZeneca's stock price to reach $46.1217 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AstraZeneca.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AstraZeneca in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for AstraZeneca.

News coverage about AZN stock has been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AstraZeneca earned a media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines 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 company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for AstraZeneca.

AstraZeneca saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,285,300 shares, an increase of 23.5% from the June 30th total of 11,567,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,250,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.4 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View AstraZeneca's Current Options Chain.

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AstraZeneca's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Primecap Management Co. CA (2.29%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.34%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.70%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.63%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (0.50%) and Winslow Capital Management LLC (0.24%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for AstraZeneca.

AZN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jennison Associates LLC, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Corp DE, Cidel Asset Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC and Winslow Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for AstraZeneca.

AZN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Marshall Wace North America L.P., Primecap Management Co. CA, Marshall Wace LLP, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC and Holocene Advisors LP. 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 $44.34.

AstraZeneca has a market capitalization of $112.31 billion and generates $22.09 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.16 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.73 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]