TEGNA Company Profile (NYSE:TGNA)

TEGNA trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "TGNA."

TEGNA announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 26th. Investors of record on Friday, September 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Monday, October 2nd. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.84%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 7th. View TEGNA's Dividend History.

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE:TGNA) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 9th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.33. The firm earned $778.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $799.54 million. TEGNA had a net margin of 12.25% and a return on equity of 19.16%. TEGNA's revenue was down .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.45 earnings per share. View TEGNA's Earnings History.

TEGNA is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 1st 2017. View Earnings Estimates for TEGNA.

10 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for TEGNA's stock. Their predictions range from $13.00 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate TEGNA's share price to reach $23.31 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for TEGNA.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about TEGNA stock:

• 1. Benchmark Co. analysts commented, "We understand that new CEO David Lougee threw cold water on the idea of selling the Company at their analyst day in May, but pressure from shareholders and possible interest from Gray (GTN:Buy) and/or Nexstar (NXST: Buy) could lead to all options being put on the table. With Sinclair locked up for the next 12 months, the only acquirer of size would appear to be Nexstar. However, given increasingly open rhetoric around needing to participate more aggressively in the M&A environment from Gray Television, we wouldn’t be surprised to see a reverse merger attempt via a predominantly stock transaction. The big question, and possibly the biggest stumbling block, centers on potential synergies, as we believe the retrans gap between TGNA and NXST has likely closed to ~10% given the abundance of market deals (we would assume that gap is even smaller for Gray). With that said, we note that only 1/3 of the final synergies in Nexstar’s Media General transaction came from retrans, with the balance coming from OpEx improvements. In Nexstar’s case, while we believe there would be sufficient synergies, we would expect management to carefully weigh an acquisition of that magnitude vs. repurchasing their own stock, much like they did in evaluating Tribune. We would also expect any potential acquires with station overlap to wait to see how the DOJ handles any potential divestitures in SBGI-TRCO before making a bid." (6/16/2017)
• 2. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Over the past three months, the stock price of TEGNA moved down 43.48% compared with the Zacks categorized Broadcast Radio/TV market’s gain of 0.34%. Moreover, the U.S. broadcast TV industry has long been grappling with declining advertising revenues and global economic volatility.  In addition, the broadcast TV industry is categorized as an intensely competitive one. On the other hand, on Jun 1, 2017, TEGNA completed the spin-off  of its auto-sales website Cars.com into two publicly traded companies: TEGNA and Cars.com. TEGNA also continues to evaluate strategic alternatives for its job-hunting unit, CareerBuilder. The decision is likely to generate more value for investors than the current stock price of the company. Both broadcast TV and digital platforms are rapidly evaluating. Management has decided to emphasize on core broadcast TV business." (6/5/2017)
• 3. FBR & Co analysts commented, "We are making slight changes to our TEGNA model after the company’s recent 10-K filing. In the process of updating, we adjusted a tax rate calculation, and we are bumping up our 2018 EPS estimate $0.08 to $2.17. Our $30 SOTP-based price target is unchanged." (3/8/2017)
• 4. Jefferies Group LLC analysts commented, "TGNA's 1Q guidance for media rev came in below our already tempered expectations. However, commentary regarding regulatory changes and stronger retrans growth remain the key themes for investors. While we continue to expect strength for the broadcasters given M&A expectations in 2017, we maintain our neutral rating given concerns regarding core and growth of Cars/CB." (2/28/2017)

TEGNA saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totalling 21,186,494 shares, an increase of 21.9% from the June 15th total of 17,382,186 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,911,660 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.4 days. Currently, 9.9% of the company's stock are sold short.

Some companies that are related to TEGNA include H&R Block (HRB), Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL), Polaris Industries (PII), SJM Holdings (SJMHF), Michael Kors Holdings Limited (KORS), Brunswick Corporation (BC), News Corporation (NWSA), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), Hugo Boss (BOSSY), Six Flags Entertainment Corporation New (SIX), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Cinemark Holdings (CNK), Pool Corporation (POOL), Mediaset SpA (MDIUY), Liberty Global PLC (LILAK), Liberty Global PLC (LILA) and Cable One (CABO).

TEGNA's management team includes the folowing people:

• Marjorie Magner, Chairman of the Board
• David T. Lougee, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
• Victoria D. Harker, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
• Jeffery Newman, Chief Human Resource Officer, Senior Vice President
• Todd A. Mayman, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer
• Lynn Beall, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Media Operations
• W. Edmond Busby, Senior Vice President - Strategy
• Anne Bentley, Vice President, Chief Communications Officer
• Jennifer Dulski, Director
• Howard D. Elias, Independent Director

TEGNA's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (5.18%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.81%), APG Asset Management N.V. (0.59%), Strs Ohio (0.23%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.21%) and Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.20%). Company insiders that own TEGNA stock include Gracia C Martore, Howard D Elias, John A Williams, Todd A Mayman and William A Behan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for TEGNA.

TEGNA's stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, US Bancorp DE, Capstone Asset Management Co., White Pine Investment CO, OLD National Bancorp IN, PGGM Investments, Oakbrook Investments LLC and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold TEGNA stock in the last year include Gracia C Martore, Howard D Elias, John A Williams, Todd A Mayman and William A Behan. View Insider Buying and Selling for TEGNA.

TEGNA's stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., APG Asset Management N.V., Strs Ohio, Russell Investments Group Ltd., NGAM Advisors L.P., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for TEGNA.

Shares of TEGNA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of TEGNA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.25.