Zoetis (ZTS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Zoetis in the last year. There are currently 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" ZTS shares.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Zoetis' stock. Their ZTS share price forecasts range from $180.00 to $260.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $221.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.6% from the stock's current price.
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Zoetis' stock was trading at $146.55 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, ZTS shares have increased by 12.1% and is now trading at $164.29.
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Zoetis saw a decrease in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,710,000 shares, a decrease of 18.5% from the April 30th total of 4,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,830,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 4th. The company reported $1.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.27 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $2 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.02 billion. Zoetis had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 50.26% and a net margin of 25.59%. Zoetis's quarterly revenue was up .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.32 earnings per share.
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Zoetis announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.375 per share on Friday, September 1st. This represents a $1.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.91%. 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 0.92%. 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 33.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ZTS will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.04% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Zoetis issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.34-$5.44 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.40. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.57 billion-$8.72 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.65 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Zoetis investors own include CA (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Hawkins (HWKN), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Micron Technology (MU), Accenture (ACN) and Transocean (RIG).

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

Zoetis' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.63%), State Street Corp (4.20%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.60%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.22%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.11%) and FMR LLC (1.74%). Insiders that own company stock include Catherine A Knupp, Glenn David, Gregory Norden, Heidi C Chen, Juan Ramon Alaix, Kristin C Peck, Linda Rhodes, Robert Edward Kelly, 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 $164.29.

Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS) has a market capitalization of $75.92 billion and generates $8.08 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.11 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.43 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.