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. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates 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 company's revenue was up 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $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 updated its FY 2019 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for TEGNA's shares. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $21.00. On average, they anticipate TEGNA's share price to reach $18.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% 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.

Media headlines about TGNA stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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. TEGNA earned a coverage optimism score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage 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 company's share price in the near future. 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. Currently, 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), Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), Procter & Gamble (PG), Intel (INTC), Starbucks (SBUX), Chevron (CVX), General Electric (GE), Walmart (WMT) and Netflix (NFLX).

TEGNA's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.35%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Ackerman Capital Advisors LLC (0.01%). 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., Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for TEGNA.

TGNA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ackerman Capital Advisors LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. 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 $18.06.

TEGNA has a market capitalization of $3.92 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]