Diageo Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Diageo in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Diageo stock. 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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Diageo saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 555,200 shares, a decline of 25.3% from the February 28th total of 743,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 442,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Diageo's stock was trading at $131.36 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, DEO stock has increased by 33.6% and is now trading at $175.53.
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Diageo declared a semi-annual dividend on Tuesday, February 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 26th will be given a dividend of $1.5348 per share on Tuesday, April 13th. This represents a yield of 2.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 25th. This is a positive change from Diageo's previous semi-annual dividend of $1.36.
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Diageo pays an annual dividend of $3.05 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.74%. The dividend payout ratio of Diageo is 55.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Diageo will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.80% next year. This indicates that Diageo will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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19 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Diageo's shares. Their forecasts range from $123.00 to $164.00. On average, they expect Diageo's share price to reach $143.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.2%.
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724 employees have rated Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes on Glassdoor.com. Ivan Menezes has an approval rating of 94% among Diageo'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."

Diageo's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.15%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.01%), North American Management Corp (0.01%), Campbell Capital Management Inc. (0.00%), Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc. (0.00%) and Old Port Advisors (0.00%).

DEO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Parcion Private Wealth LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Old Port Advisors, Campbell Capital Management Inc., Carroll Financial Associates Inc., and Pacer Advisors Inc..

DEO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including North American Management Corp, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc., OLD Dominion Capital Management Inc., Salvus Wealth Management LLC, Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc., Private Trust Co. NA, and Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC.

Shares of DEO 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 $175.53.

Diageo has a market capitalization of $102.67 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 27,788 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Diageo: Aviation Gin, Belsazar, Brandhouse Beverages, Casamigos tequila, Chalone Wine Group, Diageo Brands B.V., Diageo Capital plc, Diageo Finance plc, Diageo Great Britain Limited, Diageo Investment Corporation, Diageo Ireland, Diageo North America Inc., Diageo Scotland Limited, Ketel One Worldwide, Meta Abo Brewery Share Company, Mey, Mey İçki Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş, Seedlip, Sichuan Chengdu Shuijingfang Group Company, Stirrings LLC, Tequila Don Julio SA de CV, The Old Bushmills Distillery Co, United National Breweries, United Spirits Limited, United Spirits Limited, and Ypióca Agroindustrial.

Diageo was founded in 1997.

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

Diageo is headquartered at LAKESIDE DRIVE PARK ROYAL, LONDON X0, NW10 7HQ.

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]