NYSE:DEODiageo Stock Price, Forecast & News

Diageo's stock was trading at $131.36 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DEO stock has increased by 3.6% and is now trading at $136.06.
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20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Diageo in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Diageo declared a semi-annual dividend on Wednesday, August 5th. Investors of record on Friday, August 14th will be paid a dividend of $1.3623 per share on Wednesday, October 14th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 13th.
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20 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Diageo's stock. Their forecasts range from $123.00 to $123.00. On average, they expect Diageo's share price to reach $123.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.6%.
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Media headlines about DEO stock have trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Diageo earned a daily sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.
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Diageo saw a decline in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 524,000 shares, a decline of 25.7% from the June 30th total of 705,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 431,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.2 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Diageo trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DEO."

Diageo's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nuance Investments LLC (0.18%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.16%), Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc (0.15%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.10%), Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado (0.08%) and Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.07%).

DEO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc, Cullen Capital Management LLC, General American Investors Co. Inc., Confluence Investment Management LLC, Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc., Jones Financial Companies Lllp, and Whittier Trust Co..

DEO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Professional Advisory Services Inc., St. James Investment Company LLC, Nuance Investments LLC, Campbell Capital Management Inc., Value Partners Investments Inc., Raymond James & Associates, and Live Oak Private Wealth LLC.

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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of DEO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $136.06.

Diageo has a market capitalization of $79.50 billion and generates $14.82 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.78 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.50 on an earnings per share basis. Diageo employs 29,402 workers across the globe.

The official website for Diageo is www.diageo.com.

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]