NYSE:USG - USG Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

USG declared a dividend on Thursday, August 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 21st will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Tuesday, October 2nd. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 3rd. View USG's Dividend History.

USG declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which allows the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

USG Co. (NYSE:USG) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 25th. The construction company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.12. The construction company earned $851 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $850 million. USG had a return on equity of 13.93% and a net margin of 2.75%. View USG's Earnings History.

USG is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for USG.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for USG's shares. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect USG's stock price to reach $42.0909 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for USG.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for USG in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for USG.

News articles about USG stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. USG earned a daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

USG saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 7,697,776 shares, an increase of 57.6% from the October 15th total of 4,884,903 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,236,140 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days. Approximately 6.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View USG's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to USG include CRH (CRH), Weyerhaeuser (WY), ATLANTIA SPA/ADR (ATASY), FERROVIAL S A/ADR (FRRVY), Vulcan Materials (VMC), HEIDELBERGCEMEN/ADR (HDELY), Lennar (LEN), Rollins (ROL), D. R. Horton (DHI), Nippon Paint (NPCPF), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Lennar (LEN.B), Jacobs Engineering Group (JEC), SEKISUI HOUSE L/S (SKHSY) and Masco (MAS).

USG's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include FIL Ltd (3.99%), FMR LLC (3.63%), BlackRock Inc. (2.61%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.40%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.43%) and Alpine Associates Management Inc. (1.03%). Company insiders that own USG stock include Brian J Cook, Christopher D Macey, Dominic A Dannessa, Gregory D Salah, Jeanette A Press, Jennifer F Scanlon, John M Reale, Joseph W Holmes and Matthew F Hilzinger. View Institutional Ownership Trends for USG.

USG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Macquarie Group Ltd., Deutsche Bank AG, Hsbc Holdings PLC, Harbor Island Capital LLC, BlackRock Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Shayne & CO. LLC. Company insiders that have sold USG company stock in the last year include Brian J Cook, Christopher D Macey, Dominic A Dannessa, Gregory D Salah, Jennifer F Scanlon, John M Reale, Joseph W Holmes and Matthew F Hilzinger. View Insider Buying and Selling for USG.

USG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Alpine Associates Management Inc., FIL Ltd, Gabelli Funds LLC, Glazer Capital LLC, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, DLD Asset Management LP and Spring Creek Capital LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for USG.

Shares of USG 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of USG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.77.

USG has a market capitalization of $5.96 billion and generates $3.20 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $88 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.80 on an earnings per share basis. USG employs 6,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for USG is http://www.usg.com.

USG's mailing address is 550 WEST ADAMS STREET DEPARTMENT 188, CHICAGO IL, 60661. The construction company can be reached via phone at 312-606-4000 or via email at [email protected]