Mizuho Financial Group - MFG Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mizuho Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings 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 the year. Since then, MFG shares have increased by 8.5% and is now trading at $3.08.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 12th 2023.
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Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:MFG) issued its earnings results on Monday, November, 14th. The bank reported $0.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.01. The bank had revenue of $12.38 billion for the quarter. Mizuho Financial Group had a net margin of 9.72% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.12%.

Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.90%. The dividend payout ratio is 25.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MFG will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.32% 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.03%), Natixis Advisors L.P. (0.01%), Veriti Management LLC (0.00%), Capricorn Fund Managers Ltd (0.00%), Vanguard Capital Wealth Advisors (0.00%) and Signaturefd LLC (0.00%).
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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 $3.08.

Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) has a market capitalization of $39.09 billion and generates $35.30 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $-932,030,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.36 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.