NYSE:JNJ - Johnson & Johnson Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Johnson & Johnson trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "JNJ."

Johnson & Johnson announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 26th will be given a dividend of $0.90 per share on Tuesday, March 12th. This represents a $3.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 25th. View Johnson & Johnson's Dividend History.

Johnson & Johnson declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Monday, December 17th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 17th. The company reported $2.06 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.06. The firm earned $20.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $19.50 billion. Johnson & Johnson had a net margin of 1.89% and a return on equity of 34.62%. Johnson & Johnson's quarterly revenue was up 12.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.83 earnings per share. View Johnson & Johnson's Earnings History.

Johnson & Johnson is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Johnson & Johnson.

Johnson & Johnson will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 22nd at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Johnson & Johnson updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, December, 17th. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.13-8.18 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $8.16. The company issued revenue guidance of $81.0-81.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $81.39 billion.Johnson & Johnson also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $8.13-8.18 EPS.

13 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Johnson & Johnson's stock. Their predictions range from $110.00 to $160.00. On average, they expect Johnson & Johnson's share price to reach $139.5455 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Johnson & Johnson.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Johnson & Johnson in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Johnson & Johnson.

Headlines about JNJ stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news 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. Johnson & Johnson earned a news impact score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Johnson & Johnson saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,719,662 shares, a drop of 19.9% from the December 14th total of 19,633,883 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 15,979,892 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's stock are short sold. View Johnson & Johnson's Current Options Chain.

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Johnson & Johnson's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include DNB Asset Management AS (0.06%), Hexavest Inc. (0.06%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.04%), Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC (0.03%) and KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.03%). Company insiders that own Johnson & Johnson stock include Alex Gorsky, Charles Prince, Dominic J Caruso, Joaquin Duato, Michael E Sneed, Paulus Stoffels, Peter Fasolo and Ronald A Kapusta. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Johnson & Johnson.

JNJ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Sit Investment Associates Inc., USS Investment Management Ltd, Hexavest Inc., Moreno Evelyn V, Chickasaw Capital Management LLC and Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Johnson & Johnson company stock in the last year include Alex Gorsky, Joaquin Duato, Michael E Sneed, Paulus Stoffels, Peter Fasolo and Ronald A Kapusta. View Insider Buying and Selling for Johnson & Johnson.

JNJ stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KAMES CAPITAL plc, DNB Asset Management AS, QCI Asset Management Inc. NY, Centre Asset Management LLC, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC and QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd. View Insider Buying and Selling for Johnson & Johnson.

Shares of JNJ 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 JNJ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $128.58.

Johnson & Johnson has a market capitalization of $344.16 billion and generates $76.45 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.30 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.30 on an earnings per share basis. Johnson & Johnson employs 134,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Johnson & Johnson is http://www.jnj.com.

Johnson & Johnson's mailing address is ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLZ, NEW BRUNSWICK NJ, 08933. The company can be reached via phone at 732-524-0400.