Zoetis - ZTS Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Zoetis in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" ZTS shares.
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7 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Zoetis' stock. Their ZTS share price forecasts range from $180.00 to $248.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $215.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 39.6% from the stock's current price.
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Zoetis' stock was trading at $244.03 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ZTS stock has decreased by 36.8% and is now trading at $154.14.
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Zoetis saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,260,000 shares, an increase of 37.4% from the October 15th total of 3,100,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 21st 2023.
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Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS) released its earnings results on Thursday, November, 3rd. The company reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.24 by $0.03. The business earned $2 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.08 billion. Zoetis had a net margin of 25.82% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 48.41%. Zoetis's revenue was up .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.25 EPS.
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Zoetis declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 13th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.325 per share on Thursday, December 1st. This represents a $1.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, October 31st.
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Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS) pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.88%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 29.68%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ZTS will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.21% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Zoetis updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.83-$4.90 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.00. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.00 billion-$8.07 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.26 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.84%), Vanguard Group Inc. (7.84%), State Street Corp (4.25%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.10%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.23%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.30%). Insiders that own company stock include Catherine A Knupp, Clinton A Jr Lewis, 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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One share of ZTS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $154.14.

Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS) has a market capitalization of $71.84 billion and generates $7.78 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.04 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.38 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 12,100 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.