NYSE:NKE - Nike Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Nike trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NKE."

Nike declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Wednesday, January 2nd. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.20%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 30th. This is a positive change from Nike's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View Nike's Dividend History.

Shares of Nike split before market open on Thursday, December 24th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, November 19th 2015. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, December 23rd 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of Nike stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Nike declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, June 28th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $15,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 12.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September, 25th. The footwear maker reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.04. The footwear maker earned $9.95 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.92 billion. Nike had a return on equity of 40.69% and a net margin of 5.57%. Nike's quarterly revenue was up 9.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.57 EPS. View Nike's Earnings History.

Nike is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 20th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Nike.

Nike will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, December 20th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

38 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Nike's shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $103.00. On average, they expect Nike's share price to reach $86.5429 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Nike.

38 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nike in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 13 hold ratings and 23 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Nike.

Media headlines about NKE stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Nike earned a news impact score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the footwear maker a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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Nike's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.46%), BlackRock Inc. (5.21%), Capital World Investors (4.08%), Capital Research Global Investors (3.42%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.72%) and FMR LLC (1.04%). Company insiders that own Nike stock include Andrew Campion, David J Ayre, Elliott Hill, Eric D Sprunk, Hilary K Krane, John C Lechleiter, John F Slusher, John R Thompson Jr, Johnathan A Rodgers, Mark G Parker, Monique S Matheson and Trevor A Edwards. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Nike.

NKE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Morgan Stanley, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Capital International Investors, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Bessemer Group Inc. and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. Company insiders that have sold Nike company stock in the last year include Andrew Campion, Elliott Hill, Eric D Sprunk, Hilary K Krane, John F Slusher, Johnathan A Rodgers, Mark G Parker and Monique S Matheson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nike.

NKE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Putnam Investments LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Jennison Associates LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and Alliancebernstein L.P.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nike.

Shares of NKE 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NKE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $73.57.

Nike has a market capitalization of $116.47 billion and generates $36.40 billion in revenue each year. The footwear maker earns $1.93 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.42 on an earnings per share basis. Nike employs 73,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for Nike is http://www.nike.com.

Nike's mailing address is ONE BOWERMAN DR, BEAVERTON OR, 97005. The footwear maker can be reached via phone at 503-671-6453 or via email at [email protected]