AZN.L - AstraZeneca PLC
| Previous close | 7,263.60 |
| Open | 7,190.00 |
| Bid | 7,117.00 x 0 |
| Ask | 7,120.00 x 0 |
| Day's range | 7,114.00 - 7,322.00 |
| 52-week range | 5,626.00 - 8,227.88 |
| Volume | 1,228,330 |
| Avg. volume | 1,939,934 |
| Market cap | 93.389B |
| Beta (5Y monthly) | 0.27 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 69.37 |
| EPS (TTM) | 102.60 |
| Earnings date | 29 Apr 2020 |
| Forward dividend & yield | 2.18 (2.99%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 27 Feb 2020 |
| 1y target est | 78.83 |
- Reuters - UK Focus
Ex-divs to take 27.8 points off FTSE 100 on Feb. 27
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Why It Might Not Make Sense To Buy AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) For Its Upcoming Dividend
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Pharma Stock Roundup: AZN Reports Q4 Results, NVS, PFE Drugs Get EU Approval
AstraZeneca's (AZN) Q4 results were disappointing. European Commission approves Novartis (NVS) and Pfizer's (PFE) new drugs.
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Here’s why Astrazeneca is one of the most expensive shares on the market
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Why I’d avoid AstraZeneca shares and buy this FTSE 100 stock
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- Reuters - UK Focus
LIVE MARKETS-Closing snapshot: V-day of records
* STOXX 600 hits fresh record highs * German GDP disappoints * EDF tops STOXX 600 after beating forecast * RBS shares drop after results Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters. You can share your thoughts with Thyagaraju Adinarayan (thyagaraju.adinarayan@tr.com), Joice Alves (joice.alves@tr.com), Julien Ponthus (julien.ponthus@tr.com) in London and Danilo Masoni (danilo.masoni@tr.com) in Milan. CLOSING SNAPSHOT: V-DAY OF RECORDS (1640 GMT) Here it comes a good reason to celebrate this Valentine's Day: the STOXX 600 hit record highs today, again!
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AstraZeneca's (AZN) Q4 Earnings and Sales Miss Estimates
AstraZeneca (AZN) misses estimates for earnings and sales. However, new drugs, mainly cancer medicines, continue to drive product sales higher.
- Reuters - UK Focus
LIVE MARKETS-A rate cut every five days
* STOXX 600 hits fresh record highs * German GDP disappoints * EDF tops STOXX 600 after beating forecast * RBS shares drop after results * Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters. You can share your thoughts with Thyagaraju Adinarayan (thyagaraju.adinarayan@tr.com), Joice Alves (joice.alves@tr.com), Julien Ponthus (julien.ponthus@tr.com) in London and Danilo Masoni (danilo.masoni@tr.com) in Milan. A RATE CUT EVERY FIVE DAYS (1405 GMT) When Mexico decided to cut rates yesterday little did they know they'd be the 800th to do so since the global financial crisis (H/T to BofA on the rate cut count).
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GLOBAL MARKETS-European stocks climb to record on hopes of limited coronavirus economic hit
Stock markets across the world ticked higher on Friday, as investors bet that the damage to the global economy from China's coronavirus outbreak would not be long-lasting. Europe's broad Euro STOXX 600 hit a record high, gaining 0.1% to mirror gains in Asia after a choppy start to the day. Indexes in London and Frankfurt gained 0.1% and 0.2% respectively, with the former moving higher after AstraZeneca shares turned positive.
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LIVE MARKETS-Much love for France on Valentine's Day
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AstraZeneca's CEO reaffirms 2021 targets
AstraZeneca is fully on track to reach its earnings goal for next year, its chief executive told Reuters on Friday after the British drugmaker's quarterly earnings missed market expectations. AstraZeneca is moving into a third year of sales growth after changes driven by Soriot and now has nine drugs with annual sales of more than $1 billion but analysts and investors have been looking for clues whether the company's earnings growth would keep up. The company's 2019 operating margin, or earnings before interest and tax over total revenue, was 26%.
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- Reuters - UK Focus
GLOBAL MARKETS-European shares hit record even as coronavirus shows no signs of peaking
Stock markets across the world ticked higher on Friday, even as investors debated whether China's coronavirus outbreak would cause long-lasting damage to the global economy. Europe's broad Euro STOXX 600 hit a record high, gaining 0.2% to mirror gains in Asia after a choppy start to the day. Indexes in London and Frankfurt gained 0.2% and 0.3% respectively, with the former moving higher after AstraZeneca shares turned positive.
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What to Watch: AstraZeneca warns on coronavirus, RBS rebrand and markets' stimulus hopes
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- Reuters
AstraZeneca braces for coronavirus hit, but no impact so far
The company, moving into a third year of growth, predicted revenues would rise by a high single-digit to a low double-digit percentage at constant exchange rates this year, compared with 13% in 2019. Analysts are currently forecasting growth of 10%, according to Refinitiv data, although Jefferies analysts said anything below a double-digit estimate could be a disappointment.
- Reuters - UK Focus
MORNING BID EUROPE-Virus victim count rises -- and so do global stocks
China's announcement of more than 5,000 new coronavirus cases and 121 new deaths indicate the epidemic hasn't peaked yet. A pan-European index is in fact opening at record highs, buoyed by … answers on a postcard. The thinking appears to be the virus impact will not last, it’s not spreading outside China as fast as feared and above all, central banks can step in -- slower growth will bring more stimulus, or at least lower interest rates for longer.
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FTSE 100 ends week lower after week AstraZeneca, RBS results
The FTSE 100 index ended the Valentine's Day trading session 0.6% lower, down 0.8% for the week, while the midcap bourse rose 0.5% as it drew strength from the pound. Global markets are expecting stimulus from central banks as new coronavirus showed no signs of peaking. U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had last week warned that the economic impact from the outbreak could spill over globally.
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AstraZeneca says 2020 sales growth to take coronavirus hit
AstraZeneca expects 2020 revenue growth in the high single-digit to low double-digit percentages, including a hit it now expects from the coronavirus outbreak in China, its second biggest market, the British drugmaker said on Friday. The company said the guidance assumed an unfavourable impact from China lasting up to a few months as a result of the outbreak, which has killed over 1,300 people and is still spreading.
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FOCUS-Coronavirus outbreak begins to disrupt booming China drug trials
The fast-spreading coronavirus is starting to disrupt testing of experimental medicines in China, posing a threat to plans by global drugmakers that have invested billions of dollars to harness the potential of the Asian economic powerhouse. The U.S. clinical trials database lists nearly 500 studies with a site in the city of Wuhan, which has endured the brunt of an outbreak that has killed more than 1,100 people and infected more than 44,000 in China. About 20% of global trials are now conducted in China, up from about 10% just five years ago, according to GlobalData Plc.
