Mizuho Financial Group (MFG) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mizuho Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" MFG shares.
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Mizuho Financial Group's stock was trading at $2.84 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, MFG shares have increased by 2.1% and is now trading at $2.90.
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Mizuho Financial Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 395,900 shares, an increase of 36.0% from the April 15th total of 291,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,000,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 4th 2023.
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Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:MFG) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 31st. The bank reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.03. The bank earned $8.78 billion during the quarter. Mizuho Financial Group had a net margin of 9.53% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.26%.

ETFs with the largest weight of Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) stock in their portfolio include Inspire Fidelis Multi Factor ETF (FDLS), Invesco Zacks Multi-Asset Income ETF (CVY) and Avantis Responsible International Equity ETF (AVSD).Avantis International Equity ETF (AVDE).

Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.16%. The dividend payout ratio is 27.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MFG will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.71% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

7 employees have rated Mizuho Financial Group Chief Executive Officer Tatsufumi Sakai on Glassdoor.com. Tatsufumi Sakai has an approval rating of 96% among the company's employees. This puts Tatsufumi Sakai in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Mizuho Financial Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MFG."

Mizuho Financial Group's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (0.06%), BlackRock Inc. (0.05%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.01%), US Bancorp DE (0.01%) and American Century Companies Inc. (0.01%).
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Shares of MFG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MFG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.90.

Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) has a market capitalization of $36.81 billion and generates $42.77 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $4.11 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.33 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 66,439 workers across the globe.

Mizuho Financial Group's mailing address is 1-5-5 OTEMACHI CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO M0, 100-8176. The official website for the company is www.mizuho-fg.co.jp. The bank can be reached via phone at (135) 224-1111 or via fax at 813-5224-1059.