GlaxoSmithKline Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for GlaxoSmithKline in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" GlaxoSmithKline stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GSK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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GlaxoSmithKline saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 19,410,000 shares, an increase of 37.1% from the January 28th total of 14,160,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,410,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.6 days.
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GlaxoSmithKline is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE:GSK) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 2nd. The pharmaceutical company reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.02. The pharmaceutical company had revenue of $8.74 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.71 billion. GlaxoSmithKline had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.60% and a net margin of 18.50%. The firm's revenue was down 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.39 EPS.
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GlaxoSmithKline's stock was trading at $39.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GSK shares have decreased by 14.1% and is now trading at $34.24.
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GlaxoSmithKline declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.628 per share on Thursday, April 8th. This represents a $2.51 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.34%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 18th. This is a positive change from GlaxoSmithKline's previous quarterly dividend of $0.50.
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GlaxoSmithKline pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 7.27%. GSK has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. GlaxoSmithKline does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of GlaxoSmithKline is 78.23%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, GlaxoSmithKline will have a dividend payout ratio of 80.52% in the coming year. This indicates that GlaxoSmithKline may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Some companies that are related to GlaxoSmithKline include Roche (RHHBY), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Novartis (NVS), Eli Lilly and (LLY), Pfizer (PFE), AbbVie (ABBV), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), AstraZeneca (AZN), Sanofi (SNY), CSL (CSLLY), Zoetis (ZTS), Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (BAYRY) and Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK).
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GlaxoSmithKline trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GSK."

GlaxoSmithKline's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dodge & Cox (2.51%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (0.66%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.66%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.57%), Black Creek Investment Management Inc. (0.30%) and Boston Partners (0.22%).
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GSK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Eaton Vance Management, Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc, BlackRock Inc., Truist Financial Corp, HighPoint Advisor Group LLC, and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
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GSK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dodge & Cox, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Vontobel Holding Ltd., Black Creek Investment Management Inc., Norges Bank, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, Equity Investment Corp, and Morgan Stanley.
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One share of GSK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.24.

GlaxoSmithKline has a market capitalization of $85.89 billion and generates $43.10 billion in revenue each year. The pharmaceutical company earns $5.93 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.17 on an earnings per share basis.

GlaxoSmithKline employs 99,437 workers across the globe.

GlaxoSmithKline was founded in 2000.

The official website for GlaxoSmithKline is www.gsk.com.

GlaxoSmithKline is headquartered at 980 GREAT WEST ROAD, BRENTFORD X0, TW8 9GS.

GlaxoSmithKline's mailing address is 980 GREAT WEST ROAD, BRENTFORD X0, TW8 9GS. The pharmaceutical company can be reached via phone at 44-20-8047-5000 or via email at [email protected]