NIKE - NKE Stock Forecast, Price & News

32 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NIKE in the last year. There are currently 12 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" NKE shares.
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32 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for NIKE's shares. Their NKE share price forecasts range from $83.00 to $176.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $115.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.8% from the stock's current price.
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NIKE's stock was trading at $166.67 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, NKE stock has decreased by 36.4% and is now trading at $105.96.
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NIKE saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,040,000 shares, an increase of 12.5% from the September 30th total of 16,040,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 8,230,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, December 19th 2022.
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NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September, 29th. The footwear maker reported $0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.92 by $0.01. The footwear maker earned $12.70 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.28 billion. NIKE had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 37.08% and a net margin of 11.96%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.16 earnings per share.
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NIKE announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Wednesday, December 28th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 2nd. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.31.
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NIKE (NYSE:NKE) pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.15%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 20 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 34.56%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NKE will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.53% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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NIKE's stock 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 distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, December 23rd 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

NIKE declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Monday, June 27th 2022, which allows the company to repurchase $18,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 11% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

453 employees have rated NIKE Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe on Glassdoor.com. John Donahoe has an approval rating of 89% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other NIKE investors own include Walt Disney (DIS), NVIDIA (NVDA), Netflix (NFLX), Visa (V), Alibaba Group (BABA), Home Depot (HD), Starbucks (SBUX), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Tesla (TSLA).

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

NIKE's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.92%), BlackRock Inc. (5.70%), State Street Corp (3.52%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.43%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.43%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew Campion, Chris L Abston, Chris L Abston, Elizabeth J Comstock, Elliott Hill, Heidi O'neill, Hilary K Krane, Hilary K Krane, John F Slusher, John G Connors, John G Connors, John W Rogers Jr, Mark G Parker, Matthew Friend, Monique S Matheson, Monique S Matheson, Peter B Henry and Timothy D Cook.
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Shares of NKE 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 NKE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $105.96.

NIKE (NYSE:NKE) has a market capitalization of $166.20 billion and generates $46.71 billion in revenue each year. The footwear maker earns $6.05 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.53 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 79,100 workers across the globe.

NIKE's mailing address is ONE BOWERMAN DRIVE, BEAVERTON OR, 97005. The official website for the company is www.nike.com. The footwear maker can be reached via phone at (503) 671-6453, via email at investor.relations@nike.com, or via fax at 503-671-6300.