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 stock has increased by 3.8% and is now trading at $136.29.
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20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Diageo in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Diageo declared a semi-annual dividend on Wednesday, August 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 14th will be given a dividend of $1.3623 per share on Wednesday, October 14th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 13th.
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20 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives 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 9.8%.
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News coverage about DEO stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Diageo earned a news impact score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.
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Diageo saw a decrease in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 524,000 shares, a decrease of 25.7% from the June 30th total of 705,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 431,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Diageo investors own include AT&T (T), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Walt Disney (DIS), PepsiCo (PEP), Verizon Communications (VZ), Chevron (CVX), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Honeywell International (HON) and Pfizer (PFE).

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 Bank of America Corp DE (0.91%), London Co. of Virginia (0.24%), FMR LLC (0.22%), Nuance Investments LLC (0.18%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.16%) and Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc (0.15%).

DEO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Cullen Capital Management LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, and General American Investors Co. Inc..

DEO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of America Corp DE, FMR LLC, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Natixis Advisors L.P., Professional Advisory Services Inc., St. James Investment Company LLC, Nuance Investments LLC, and Baird Financial Group Inc..

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 $136.29.

Diageo has a market capitalization of $79.63 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 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]