NYSE:AZNAstraZeneca Stock Price, Forecast & News

AstraZeneca's stock was trading at $44.58 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AZN shares have increased by 20.8% and is now trading at $53.85. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 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 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for AstraZeneca.

AstraZeneca is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for AstraZeneca.

AstraZeneca plc (NYSE:AZN) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The company reported $0.53 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.06. The company earned $6.35 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.95 billion. AstraZeneca had a return on equity of 33.97% and a net margin of 5.94%. AstraZeneca's revenue for the quarter was up 16.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.89 earnings per share. View AstraZeneca's earnings history.

AstraZeneca announced a semi-annual dividend on Tuesday, February 18th. Shareholders 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's stock split on the morning of Monday, July 27th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, June 26th 2015. The newly issued shares were distributed 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.

11 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for AstraZeneca's shares. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect AstraZeneca's share price to reach $61.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AstraZeneca.

News headlines about AZN stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AstraZeneca earned a daily sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about AstraZeneca.

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

AstraZeneca's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), Vigilant Capital Management LLC (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO (0.00%), Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC (0.00%) and Gradient Investments LLC (0.00%). View institutional ownership trends for AstraZeneca.

AZN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gradient Investments LLC, Park National Corp OH, Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC, Private Trust Co. NA, Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO, and Courier Capital LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for AstraZeneca.

AZN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sanders Morris Harris LLC, Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC, Vigilant Capital Management LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Ellevest Inc., Carroll Financial Associates Inc., First Financial Bank Trust Division, and Ellis Investment Partners LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $53.85.

AstraZeneca has a market capitalization of $141.32 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.

The official website for AstraZeneca is 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]