AstraZeneca Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AZN)

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

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

Shares of AstraZeneca split on the morning of Monday, July 27th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, June 26th 2015. The newly minted shares were issued 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 quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The company reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.43. The company earned $5.72 billion during 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 for the quarter was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.69 earnings per share. View AstraZeneca's Earnings History.

AstraZeneca is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for AstraZeneca.

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

18 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for AstraZeneca's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.73 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate AstraZeneca's share price to reach $46.12 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.8% 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 4 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AstraZeneca.

Press coverage about AZN stock has trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AstraZeneca earned a news impact score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories 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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AstraZeneca's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.00%), Gradient Investments LLC (0.00%), TIAA FSB (0.00%), Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO (0.00%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.00%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for AstraZeneca.

AZN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Gradient Investments LLC, Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO and TIAA FSB. View Insider Buying and Selling for AstraZeneca.

AZN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Pacer Advisors Inc., Henry James International Management Inc., RB Capital Management LLC 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AZN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.58.

AstraZeneca has a market capitalization of $114.34 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]