NYSE:PLTPlantronics Stock Price, Forecast & News

Plantronics' stock was trading at $10.00 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PLT shares have increased by 47.6% and is now trading at $14.76. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Plantronics in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Plantronics.

Plantronics is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Plantronics.

Plantronics will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Plantronics Inc (NYSE:PLT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 27th. The technology company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.19. The technology company earned $409 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $384.29 million. Plantronics had a negative net margin of 47.85% and a positive return on equity of 17.44%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.44 earnings per share. View Plantronics' earnings history.

Plantronics announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.07%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 19th. View Plantronics' dividend history.

Plantronics declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Thursday, November 29th 2018, which allows the company to buyback 1,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Plantronics issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of ($0.18)-$0.22 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.10. The company issued revenue guidance of $335-$370 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $375.62 million.

5 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Plantronics' stock. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect Plantronics' share price to reach $15.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Plantronics.

Media coverage about PLT stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Plantronics earned a media sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Plantronics.

Plantronics saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,560,000 shares, a drop of 7.8% from the June 15th total of 6,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,130,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.9 days. Approximately 17.0% of the company's shares are sold short. View Plantronics' Current Options Chain.

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Plantronics trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PLT."

Shares of PLT 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 PLT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.76.

Plantronics has a market capitalization of $600.44 million and generates $1.70 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $-827,180,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.99 on an earnings per share basis. Plantronics employs 6,584 workers across the globe.

The official website for Plantronics is www.poly.com.

Plantronics' mailing address is 345 ENCINAL STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA, 95060. The technology company can be reached via phone at 831-426-5858 or via email at [email protected]