Diageo (DEO) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Diageo in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" DEO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in DEO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Diageo's shares. Their DEO share price forecasts range from $122.62 to $191.49. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $166.37 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.2% from the stock's current price.
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Diageo's stock was trading at $178.19 at the beginning of the year. Since then, DEO shares have decreased by 17.5% and is now trading at $146.99.
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Diageo saw a decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,320,000 shares, a decline of 10.2% from the August 31st total of 1,470,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 362,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.6 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Diageo announced a semi-annual dividend on Tuesday, August 8th. Investors of record on Friday, August 25th will be given a dividend of $2.5089 per share on Tuesday, October 17th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 24th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous semi-annual dividend of $1.43.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Diageo (NYSE:DEO) stock in their portfolio include Avantis Responsible International Equity ETF (AVSD) and Avantis International Equity ETF (AVDE).Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF (DFIC).

Diageo (NYSE:DEO) pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.35%.
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724 employees have rated Diageo Chief Executive Officer Ivan Menezes on Glassdoor.com. Ivan Menezes has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Ivan Menezes in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Diageo trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DEO."

Shares of DEO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of DEO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $146.99.

Diageo (NYSE:DEO) has a market capitalization of $82.57 billion and generates $21.42 billion in revenue each year.

The company employs 30,419 workers across the globe.

Diageo's mailing address is LAKESIDE DRIVE PARK ROYAL, LONDON X0, NW10 7HQ. The official website for the company is www.diageo.com. The company can be reached via phone at 442079479100, via email at investor.relations@diageo.com, or via fax at 44-20-8978-8501.