NYSE:DVADavita Stock Price, Forecast & News

Davita's stock was trading at $74.87 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DVA stock has increased by 7.3% and is now trading at $80.32. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Davita in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Davita.

Davita is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Davita.

Davita Inc (NYSE:DVA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company reported $1.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.47 by $0.36. The business earned $2.84 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.84 billion. Davita had a net margin of 7.85% and a return on equity of 32.45%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.91 EPS. View Davita's earnings history.

Davita issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.75-6.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.01. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.5-11.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.65 billion.

11 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Davita's shares. Their forecasts range from $57.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate Davita's stock price to reach $68.86 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.3%. View analysts' price targets for Davita.

Headlines about DVA stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Davita earned a coverage optimism score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave 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 effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutDavita.

Davita saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,500,000 shares, a drop of 5.2% from the April 30th total of 5,800,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,690,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Currently, 4.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Davita's Current Options Chain.

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Davita trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DVA."

Davita's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.90%), State Street Corp (3.71%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.26%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.36%), Invesco Ltd. (1.24%) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (1.14%). Company insiders that own Davita stock include John M Nehra, Kent J Thiry, Pamela M Arway and Paul J Diaz. View institutional ownership trends for Davita.

DVA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., State Street Corp, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Paloma Partners Management Co, WINTON GROUP Ltd, KBC Group NV, BlackRock Inc., and California Public Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Davita company stock in the last year include John M Nehra, Kent J Thiry, Pamela M Arway, and Paul J Diaz. View insider buying and selling activity for Davita.

DVA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Janus Henderson Group PLC, PGGM Investments, Hexavest Inc., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., AJO LP, and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Davita.

Shares of DVA 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 DVA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.32.

Davita has a market capitalization of $9.78 billion and generates $11.39 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $810.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.40 on an earnings per share basis. Davita employs 65,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Davita is www.davita.com.

Davita's mailing address is 2000 16TH STREET, DENVER CO, 80202. The company can be reached via phone at 720-631-2100 or via email at [email protected]