National Grid Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Grid in the last year. There are currently 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" National Grid stock.
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National Grid saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 28th, there was short interest totaling 501,600 shares, an increase of 23.9% from the May 13th total of 405,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 353,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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National Grid's stock was trading at $59.43 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NGG stock has increased by 9.8% and is now trading at $65.24.
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National Grid declared a semi-annual dividend on Thursday, May 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 4th will be given a dividend of $2.2812 per share on Wednesday, August 18th. This represents a dividend yield of 8%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 3rd. This is a boost from National Grid's previous semi-annual dividend of $1.13.
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National Grid pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.90%. NGG has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. National Grid does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of National Grid is 127.32%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, National Grid will have a dividend payout ratio of 101.35% in the coming year. This indicates that National Grid may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other National Grid investors own include National Grid (NG), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Pfizer (PFE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE) and Duke Energy (DUK).

National Grid trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NGG."

National Grid's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.75%), Federated Hermes Inc. (0.25%), Royal Bank of Canada (0.16%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (0.15%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.12%) and Equity Investment Corp (0.10%).

NGG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Ameriprise Financial Inc., Stifel Financial Corp, Barclays PLC, Sei Investments Co., and Stephens Inc. AR.

NGG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including GSB Wealth Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Beck Bode LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Paradigm Asset Management Co. LLC, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, and Citigroup Inc..

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One share of NGG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $65.24.

National Grid has a market capitalization of $46.31 billion and generates $19.33 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $2.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.55 on an earnings per share basis.

National Grid employs 23,069 workers across the globe.

National Grid was founded in 1990.

The official website for National Grid is www.nationalgrid.com.

National Grid is headquartered at 1-3 STRAND, LONDON X0, WC2N 5EH.

National Grid's mailing address is 1-3 STRAND, LONDON X0, WC2N 5EH. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 44-20-7004-3000 or via email at [email protected]