NYSE:TGNA - TEGNA Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

TEGNA announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View TEGNA's Dividend History.

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE:TGNA) posted its earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The company reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.27. The company earned $551.86 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $540.52 million. TEGNA had a net margin of 16.15% and a return on equity of 24.84%. The firm's revenue was up 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.40 EPS. View TEGNA's Earnings History.

TEGNA is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, March 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for TEGNA.

TEGNA issued an update on its FY 2019 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.294-2.299 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.28 billion.

9 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for TEGNA's stock. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect TEGNA's stock price to reach $18.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for TEGNA.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for TEGNA in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for TEGNA.

Headlines about TGNA stock have been trending extremely negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. TEGNA earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for TEGNA.

TEGNA saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,400,000 shares, an increase of 6.2% from the December 15th total of 13,560,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,590,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.1 days. Approximately 6.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. View TEGNA's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other TEGNA investors own include Gannett (GCI), Metlife (MET), AT&T (T), Netflix (NFLX), Walt Disney (DIS), Alphabet (GOOG), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Discovery Communications (DISCA).

TEGNA's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Michigan Retirement System (1.24%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.35%), Strs Ohio (0.22%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%), Personal Resources Investment & Strategic Management Inc. (0.08%) and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own TEGNA stock include Lynn B Trelstad and Neal Shapiro. View Institutional Ownership Trends for TEGNA.

TGNA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Strs Ohio, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Personal Resources Investment & Strategic Management Inc., Cubic Asset Management LLC, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for TEGNA.

TGNA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Michigan Retirement System, NEXT Financial Group Inc, Ackerman Capital Advisors LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Rothschild Investment Corp IL and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for TEGNA.

Shares of TGNA 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 TGNA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.75.

TEGNA has a market capitalization of $3.85 billion and generates $2.21 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $405.67 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.83 on an earnings per share basis. TEGNA employs 5,336 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About TEGNA.

The official website for TEGNA is http://www.tegna.com/.

TEGNA's mailing address is 7950 JONES BRANCH DRIVE, MCLEAN VA, 22107. The company can be reached via phone at 703-854-7000 or via email at [email protected]