NYSE:DEO - Diageo Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Diageo declared a semiannual dividend on Friday, January 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 23rd will be given a dividend of $1.4232 per share on Wednesday, April 11th. This represents a yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 22nd. View Diageo's Dividend History.

11 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Diageo's shares. Their forecasts range from $152.00 to $157.00. On average, they anticipate Diageo's stock price to reach $154.00 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Diageo.

Diageo saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,234,419 shares, an increase of 92.8% from the April 30th total of 640,128 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 374,176 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company's shares are short sold.

Some companies that are related to Diageo include The Coca-Cola (KO), LVMH (LVMUY), PepsiCo (PEP), AmBev (ABEV), Constellation Brands (STZ), Constellation Brands, Inc. Class B (STZ.B), Brown-Forman Co. Class B (BF.B), Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS), COCA COLA AMATI/ADR (CCLAY), Crimson Wine Group (CWGL), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Eastside Distilling (EAST), Jones Soda (JSDA), Long Blockchain (LBCC) and Truett-Hurst (THST).

News stories about DEO stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Diageo earned a coverage optimism score of 0.19 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company an impact score of 47.06 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Diageo's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.61%), Thomaspartners Inc. (0.34%), Royal Bank of Canada (0.20%), Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc. (0.19%), BlackRock Inc. (0.18%) and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (0.17%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Diageo.

DEO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Levin Capital Strategies L.P., Royal Bank of Canada, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc., Morningstar Investment Services LLC, Millennium Management LLC and Stifel Financial Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Diageo.

DEO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Summit Trail Advisors LLC, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Thomaspartners Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc. and Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Diageo.

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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DEO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $146.34.

Diageo has a market capitalization of $91.07 billion and generates $23.15 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $3.38 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.52 on an earnings per share basis. Diageo employs 31,472 workers across the globe.

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]