Medtronic - MDT Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Medtronic in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" MDT shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MDT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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19 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Medtronic's shares. Their MDT share price forecasts range from $77.00 to $122.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $90.11 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.8% from the stock's current price.
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Medtronic's stock was trading at $77.72 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MDT shares have increased by 3.7% and is now trading at $80.62.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 25th 2023.
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Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 21st. The medical technology company reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.27 by $0.03. The medical technology company had revenue of $7.70 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.53 billion. Medtronic had a net margin of 13.20% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.37%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.37 earnings per share.
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Medtronic announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, March 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.68 per share on Friday, April 14th. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.37%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 23rd.
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Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.42%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 46 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 89.47%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, MDT will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.61% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Medtronic updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 21st. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.28-$5.30 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $5.27.

1,925 employees have rated Medtronic Chief Executive Officer Omar S. Ishrak on Glassdoor.com. Omar S. Ishrak has an approval rating of 92% among the company's employees. This puts Omar S. Ishrak in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Medtronic trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MDT."

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One share of MDT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.62.

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) has a market capitalization of $107.26 billion and generates $31.69 billion in revenue each year. The medical technology company earns $5.04 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.04 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 95,000 workers across the globe.

Medtronic's mailing address is 20 ON HATCH LOWER HATCH STREET, DUBLIN L2, D02. The official website for the company is www.medtronic.com. The medical technology company can be reached via phone at (531) 438-1700, via email at investor.relations@medtronic.com, or via fax at 763-514-4879.