NYSE:DEO - Diageo Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Diageo declared a semiannual dividend on Friday, January 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 23rd will be paid a dividend of $1.4232 per share on Wednesday, April 11th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 22nd. View Diageo's Dividend History.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Diageo's stock. Their predictions range from $152.00 to $157.00. On average, they anticipate Diageo's share price to reach $154.00 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Diageo.

Diageo saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,234,419 shares, an increase of 92.8% from the April 30th total of 640,128 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 374,176 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Diageo's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Diageo include The Coca-Cola (KO), LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMUY), PepsiCo (PEP), AMBEV S A/S (ABEV), Constellation Brands, Inc. Class B (STZ.B), Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (STZ), Brown-Forman Co. Class B (BF.B), Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS), COCA COLA AMATI/ADR (CCLAY), Crimson Wine Group (CWGL), Eastside Distilling (EAST), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Jones Soda Co. ( USA ) (JSDA), Long Blockchain (LBCC) and Truett-Hurst (THST).

News headlines about DEO stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Diageo earned a news impact score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company an impact score of 45.77 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Diageo's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.61%), Thomaspartners Inc. (0.34%), Royal Bank of Canada (0.20%), Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc. (0.19%), BlackRock Inc. (0.18%) and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (0.17%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Diageo.

DEO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Levin Capital Strategies L.P., Royal Bank of Canada, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc., Morningstar Investment Services LLC, Millennium Management LLC and Stifel Financial Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Diageo.

DEO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Summit Trail Advisors LLC, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Thomaspartners Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc. and Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Diageo.

Shares of DEO 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 DEO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $145.94.

Diageo has a market capitalization of $90.06 billion and generates $23.15 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $3.38 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.52 on an earnings per share basis. Diageo employs 31,472 workers across the globe.

Diageo's mailing address is LAKESIDE DRIVE PARK ROYAL, LONDON X0, NW10 7HQ. The company can be reached via phone at 44-20-8978-6000 or via email at [email protected]