Marsh & McLennan Companies Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:MMC)

Marsh & McLennan Companies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MMC."

Marsh & McLennan Companies declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.455 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $1.82 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 10th. View Marsh & McLennan Companies' Dividend History.

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE:MMC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The financial services provider reported $1.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.05. The financial services provider earned $4.35 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.27 billion. Marsh & McLennan Companies had a return on equity of 29.72% and a net margin of 9.45%. The company's revenue was up 16.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.10 earnings per share. View Marsh & McLennan Companies' Earnings History.

Marsh & McLennan Companies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Marsh & McLennan Companies.

Marsh & McLennan Companies will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Marsh & McLennan Companies' shares. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect Marsh & McLennan Companies' share price to reach $98.63 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Marsh & McLennan Companies.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marsh & McLennan Companies in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Marsh & McLennan Companies.

Media coverage about MMC stock has trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Marsh & McLennan Companies earned a news sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Marsh & McLennan Companies.

Marsh & McLennan Companies saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 5,840,000 shares, an increase of 19.7% from the August 30th total of 4,880,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,470,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.0 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View Marsh & McLennan Companies' Current Options Chain.

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Marsh & McLennan Companies' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.15%), Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC (0.11%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.09%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.08%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.07%) and Strs Ohio (0.06%). Company insiders that own Marsh & McLennan Companies stock include Daniel S Glaser, E Scott Gilbert, Julio A Portalatin, Marc D Oken, Mark C Mcgivney, Peter C Hearn, Peter J Beshar, Scott Mcdonald and Stacy Mills. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Marsh & McLennan Companies.

MMC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Marsh & McLennan Companies company stock in the last year include E Scott Gilbert, Mark C Mcgivney, Peter C Hearn, Peter J Beshar, Scott Mcdonald and Stacy Mills. View Insider Buying and Selling for Marsh & McLennan Companies.

MMC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, YCG LLC, Whittier Trust Co., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Strs Ohio, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Lenox Wealth Advisors LLC and Calamos Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Marsh & McLennan Companies.

Shares of MMC 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MMC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $99.05.

Marsh & McLennan Companies has a market capitalization of $50.15 billion and generates $14.95 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.65 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.35 on an earnings per share basis. Marsh & McLennan Companies employs 65,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Marsh & McLennan Companies.

The official website for Marsh & McLennan Companies is http://www.mmc.com/.

Marsh & McLennan Companies' mailing address is 1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY, 10036. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-345-5000 or via email at [email protected]