PLDT - PHI Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PLDT in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" PHI shares.
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PLDT's stock was trading at $35.72 at the beginning of the year. Since then, PHI stock has decreased by 25.4% and is now trading at $26.64.
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PLDT saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 65,700 shares, an increase of 23.5% from the August 15th total of 53,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 86,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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PLDT declared a Semi-Annual dividend on Thursday, August 4th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 17th will be given a dividend of $0.991 per share on Tuesday, September 20th. This represents a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 16th. This is a boost from the stock's previous Semi-Annual dividend of $0.81.
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PLDT (NYSE:PHI) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.32%. PHI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 43.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PHI will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.63% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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20 employees have rated PLDT Chief Executive Officer Napoleon L. Nazareno on Glassdoor.com. Napoleon L. Nazareno has an approval rating of 83% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other PLDT investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Intelsat (I), Ciena (CIEN), Intel (INTC), Verizon Communications (VZ), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Comcast (CMCSA), Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), General Motors (GM) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

PLDT trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PHI."

PLDT's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Lazard Asset Management LLC (0.08%), Virtus ETF Advisers LLC (0.02%), Nia Impact Advisors LLC (0.02%), Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (0.02%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.01%) and Millennium Management LLC (0.01%).
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Shares of PHI 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 PHI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.64.

PLDT (NYSE:PHI) has a market capitalization of $5.76 billion and generates $3.92 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $535.25 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.74 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 18,822 workers across the globe.

PLDT's mailing address is RAMON CONJUANGCO BLDG MAKATI AVE, MAKATI R6, 1200. The official website for the company is www.pldt.com. The technology company can be reached via phone at (632) 816-8556, via email at pldt_ir_center@pldt.com, or via fax at 632-840-1864.