Zoetis (ZTS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Zoetis in the last year. There are currently 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" ZTS shares.
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9 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Zoetis' stock. Their ZTS share price forecasts range from $200.00 to $260.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $222.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.6% from the stock's current price.
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Zoetis' stock was trading at $146.55 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ZTS shares have increased by 23.8% and is now trading at $181.48.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 8th. The company reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.10. The business earned $2.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.16 billion. Zoetis had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 52.02% and a net margin of 26.92%. Zoetis's revenue for the quarter was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.20 earnings per share.
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Zoetis announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 11th. Investors of record on Friday, July 21st will be given a dividend of $0.375 per share on Friday, September 1st. This represents a $1.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 20th.
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Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS) pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.82%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 31.51%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ZTS will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.83% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Zoetis updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.37-$5.47 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.40. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.50 billion-$8.65 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.63 billion.

50 employees have rated Zoetis Chief Executive Officer Kristin Peck on Glassdoor.com. Kristin Peck has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees. 70.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Zoetis to a friend.

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

Zoetis' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (103.96%), BlackRock Inc. (8.29%), State Street Corp (4.26%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.50%), Capital International Investors (3.32%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.18%). Insiders that own company stock include Glenn David, Gregory Norden, Heidi C Chen, Juan Ramon Alaix, Kristin C Peck, Robert Edward Kelly, Robert J Polzer, Robert W Scully, Roman Trawicki, Roxanne Lagano and Willie M Reed.
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Shares of ZTS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ZTS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $181.48.

Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS) has a market capitalization of $83.54 billion and generates $8.08 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.11 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.76 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 13,800 workers across the globe.

Zoetis' mailing address is 10 Sylvan Way, Parsippany NJ, 07054. The official website for the company is www.zoetis.com. The company can be reached via phone at (973) 822-7000, via email at steve.frank@zoetis.com, or via fax at 302-655-5049.