NYSE:PRGOPerrigo Stock Price, Forecast & News

Perrigo's stock was trading at $46.04 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PRGO shares have increased by 16.0% and is now trading at $53.40.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Perrigo in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Perrigo is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Perrigo Company PLC (NYSE:PRGO) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 5th. The company reported $1.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.16. The business had revenue of $1.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.23 billion. Perrigo had a return on equity of 10.05% and a net margin of 4.73%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.86 EPS.
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Perrigo declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 28th will be given a dividend of $0.225 per share on Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 27th.
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Perrigo updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.95-4.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.07. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.13-5.18 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.02 billion.

8 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Perrigo's stock. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect Perrigo's share price to reach $58.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.4% from the stock's current price.
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News coverage about PRGO stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Perrigo earned a daily sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the 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 near future.
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Perrigo saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,220,000 shares, an increase of 27.9% from the June 15th total of 3,300,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 885,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.8 days.
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Perrigo trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PRGO."

Perrigo's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.74%), London Co. of Virginia (2.02%), Sound Shore Management Inc CT (1.75%), Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. Under Special Management (1.51%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.72%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (0.64%). Company insiders that own Perrigo stock include Geoffrey M Parker, Grainne Quinn, Murray S Kessler, Ronald Craig Janish, Ronald Winowiecki, Svend Andersen, Theodore R Samuels II and Todd W Kingma.
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PRGO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., FMR LLC, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. Under Special Management, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., and Sound Shore Management Inc CT . Company insiders that have sold Perrigo company stock in the last year include Grainne Quinn, Ronald Craig Janish, Ronald Winowiecki, and Todd W Kingma.
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PRGO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including London Co. of Virginia, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., UBS Group AG, Phoenix Holdings Ltd., State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Marshall Wace LLP, and AJO LP. Company insiders that have bought Perrigo stock in the last two years include Geoffrey M Parker, Murray S Kessler, Svend Andersen, Theodore R Samuels II, and Todd W Kingma.
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Shares of PRGO 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 PRGO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.40.

Perrigo has a market capitalization of $7.29 billion and generates $4.84 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $146.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.03 on an earnings per share basis. Perrigo employs 11,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for Perrigo is www.perrigo.com.

Perrigo's mailing address is THE SHARP BUILDING HOGAN PLACE, DUBLIN L2, 49010. The company can be reached via phone at 353-1709-4000 or via email at [email protected]