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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 25th. View Johnson & Johnson's Dividend History.

Johnson & Johnson declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Monday, December 17th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 22nd. The company reported $1.97 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.95 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $20.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $20.27 billion. Johnson & Johnson had a net margin of 1.89% and a return on equity of 34.62%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.74 EPS. 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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 22nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.50-8.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $8.60. The company issued revenue guidance of $80.4-81.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $82.74 billion.Johnson & Johnson also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $8.50-8.65 EPS.

13 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Johnson & Johnson's stock. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $160.00. On average, they expect Johnson & Johnson's stock price to reach $139.5455 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% 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.

News coverage about JNJ stock has been trending very positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Johnson & Johnson earned a coverage optimism score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

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

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Johnson & Johnson's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include DNB Asset Management AS (0.06%), Hexavest Inc. (0.06%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%) and BTIM Corp. (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, Highland Capital Management LLC, Hexavest Inc., Moreno Evelyn V and Capital Investment Advisors 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KAMES CAPITAL plc, DNB Asset Management AS, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Weather Gauge Advisory LLC, QCI Asset Management Inc. NY, Centre Asset Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Nachman Norwood & Parrott Inc. 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 $128.80.

Johnson & Johnson has a market capitalization of $345.56 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.