NYSE:DEO - Diageo Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Diageo declared a Semi-Annual dividend on Friday, July 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 9th will be given a dividend of $2.111 per share on Tuesday, October 8th. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 8th. This is a positive change from Diageo's previous Semi-Annual dividend of $0.19. View Diageo's Dividend History.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Diageo in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Diageo.

News headlines about DEO stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Diageo earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Diageo.

Diageo saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 474,400 shares, an increase of 44.3% from the December 15th total of 328,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 317,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Diageo's Current Options Chain.

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Diageo's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.01%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.01%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.01%), Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC (0.01%), Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.01%) and Baxter Bros Inc. (0.01%).

DEO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Arden Trust Co, Norman Fields Gottscho Capital Management LLC, Verity & Verity LLC, M&R Capital Management Inc. and Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE.

DEO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baxter Bros Inc., FNY Investment Advisers LLC, Reilly Financial Advisors LLC, We Are One Seven LLC, Merit Financial Group LLC, Hemenway Trust Co LLC, Park National Corp OH and Thomasville National Bank.

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 $170.70.

Diageo has a market capitalization of $111.00 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.View Additional Information About Diageo.

The official website for Diageo is http://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]