NYSE:EW - Edwards Lifesciences Stock Price, Forecast & News

Edwards Lifesciences trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EW."

Shares of Edwards Lifesciences split on the morning of Monday, December 14th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, November 19th 2015. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, December 11th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of Edwards Lifesciences stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE:EW) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The medical research company reported $1.46 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.03. The medical research company had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. Edwards Lifesciences had a net margin of 24.08% and a return on equity of 31.73%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 20.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.17 EPS. View Edwards Lifesciences' Earnings History.

Edwards Lifesciences is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Edwards Lifesciences.

Edwards Lifesciences updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.15-6.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.98. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.6-5.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.70 billion.

22 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Edwards Lifesciences' shares. Their forecasts range from $159.00 to $300.00. On average, they anticipate Edwards Lifesciences' share price to reach $250.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Edwards Lifesciences.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Edwards Lifesciences in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Edwards Lifesciences.

Media stories about EW stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Edwards Lifesciences earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the medical research company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Edwards Lifesciences.

Edwards Lifesciences saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,350,000 shares, an increase of 18.7% from the December 31st total of 1,980,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,160,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Edwards Lifesciences' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Edwards Lifesciences include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Medtronic (MDT), Stryker (SYK), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Becton Dickinson and (BDX), Boston Scientific (BSX), Baxter International (BAX), DexCom (DXCM), ResMed (RMD), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), Teleflex (TFX), Steris (STE), Hologic (HOLX), Insulet (PODD) and Varian Medical Systems (VAR).

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Edwards Lifesciences' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.28%), FMR LLC (3.88%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.97%), Sands Capital Management LLC (2.91%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.35%) and Capital Research Global Investors (2.24%). Company insiders that own Edwards Lifesciences stock include Catherine M Szyman, Donald E Bobo Jr, Donald E Bobo, Jr, Huimin Wang, Jean-Luc M Lemercier, Larry L Wood, Michael A Mussallem, Robert WA Sellers, Schack Wesley W Von, Scott B Ullem and William J Phd Link. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Edwards Lifesciences.

EW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sands Capital Management LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bessemer Group Inc. and Partner Fund Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Edwards Lifesciences company stock in the last year include Catherine M Szyman, Donald E Bobo Jr, Huimin Wang, Jean-Luc M Lemercier, Larry L Wood, Michael A Mussallem, Robert WA Sellers, Schack Wesley W Von, Scott B Ullem and William J Phd Link. View Insider Buying and Selling for Edwards Lifesciences.

EW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, FMR LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., William Blair Investment Management LLC, Captrust Financial Advisors and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ . View Insider Buying and Selling for Edwards Lifesciences.

Shares of EW 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 EW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $231.25.

Edwards Lifesciences has a market capitalization of $48.36 billion and generates $4.35 billion in revenue each year. The medical research company earns $1.05 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.57 on an earnings per share basis. Edwards Lifesciences employs 12,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Edwards Lifesciences.

The official website for Edwards Lifesciences is http://www.edwards.com/.

Edwards Lifesciences' mailing address is ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA, 92614. The medical research company can be reached via phone at 949-250-2500 or via email at [email protected]