NYSE:DEODiageo Stock Price, Forecast & News

Diageo's stock was trading at $131.36 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DEO stock has increased by 7.8% and is now trading at $141.63. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 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 7 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 paid a dividend of $1.4355 per share on Tuesday, April 14th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Diageo's dividend history.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Diageo's shares. 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 13.2%. View analysts' price targets for Diageo.

Media headlines about DEO stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Diageo earned a news impact score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning 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 in 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 daily volume of 559,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.2 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.16%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.04%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.01%), Campbell Capital Management Inc. (0.01%), Whittier Trust Co. (0.00%) and Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. (0.00%).

DEO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Confluence Investment Management LLC, Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc., Whittier Trust Co., Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, Arden Trust Co, Private Asset Management Inc., Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc., and Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC.

DEO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell Capital Management Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Canandaigua National Corp, Clarius Group LLC, OmniStar Financial Group Inc., Ellevest Inc., and Northwest Quadrant Wealth Management 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 $141.63.

Diageo has a market capitalization of $82.75 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]