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. Since then, DEO shares have increased by 6.3% and is now trading at $139.58. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Diageo in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Diageo.

Diageo is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Diageo.

Diageo declared a semi-annual dividend on Friday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $1.4355 per share on Tuesday, April 14th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View Diageo's dividend history.

18 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Diageo's stock. Their forecasts range from $123.00 to $123.00. On average, they anticipate Diageo's stock price to reach $123.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.9%. View analysts' price targets for Diageo.

Media stories about DEO stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Diageo earned a coverage optimism score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Diageo.

Diageo saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 693,400 shares, a decrease of 6.1% from the June 15th total of 738,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 559,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Diageo's Current Options Chain.

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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.16%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.04%), Campbell Capital Management Inc. (0.01%), Private Asset Management Inc. (0.00%), Bangor Savings Bank (0.00%) and Private Trust Co. NA (0.00%).

DEO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Confluence Investment Management LLC, and Private Asset Management Inc..

DEO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell Capital Management Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Clarius Group LLC, OmniStar Financial Group Inc., Ellevest Inc., Bangor Savings Bank, and Private Trust Co. NA.

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 $139.58.

Diageo has a market capitalization of $81.56 billion and generates $16.65 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $4.09 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.75 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]