NYSE:SJR - Shaw Communications Stock Price, Forecast & News

Shaw Communications trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SJR."

Shaw Communications announced a monthly dividend on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.0757 per share on Thursday, May 28th. This represents a $0.91 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.86%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. This is an increase from Shaw Communications's previous monthly dividend of $0.08. View Shaw Communications' Dividend History.

Shaw Communications Inc (NYSE:SJR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 13th. The company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.03. The firm earned $1.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.38 billion. Shaw Communications had a return on equity of 11.41% and a net margin of 13.22%. The business's revenue was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.36 EPS. View Shaw Communications' Earnings History.

Shaw Communications is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Shaw Communications.

6 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Shaw Communications' shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $35.00. On average, they anticipate Shaw Communications' stock price to reach $31.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 65.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Shaw Communications.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Shaw Communications in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Shaw Communications.

Media stories about SJR stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Shaw Communications earned a coverage optimism score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Shaw Communications.

Shaw Communications saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,420,000 shares, an increase of 27.9% from the January 15th total of 1,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 486,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Shaw Communications' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Shaw Communications investors own include Shaw Communications (SJR.B), Verizon Communications (VZ), New Age Brands (NF), Black Box (BBOX), AT&T (T), IBM (IBM), Enbridge (ENB), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Enterprise Products Partners (EPD).

Shaw Communications' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include TD Asset Management Inc. (3.00%), Capital World Investors (2.87%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (2.49%), 1832 Asset Management L.P. (1.74%), Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (1.44%) and Toronto Dominion Bank (1.44%).

SJR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Public Sector Pension Investment Board, FIL Ltd, Russell Investments Group Ltd., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, FMR LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Barclays PLC and Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd..

SJR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Credit Suisse AG, Capital World Investors, Toronto Dominion Bank, Parnassus Investments CA, Cidel Asset Management Inc., M&G Investment Management Ltd., Janus Henderson Group PLC and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ .

Shares of SJR 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 SJR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.69.

Shaw Communications has a market capitalization of $9.24 billion and generates $4.05 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $551.39 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.08 on an earnings per share basis. Shaw Communications employs 10,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Shaw Communications.

The official website for Shaw Communications is http://www.shaw.ca/.

Shaw Communications' mailing address is 630 - 3rd Avenue S.W Suite 900, Calgary A0, T2P 4L4. The company can be reached via phone at 403-750-4500.