If the 52-week high level breaks through and share volume increase, this can lead to an important outperformance of the stock. The company has a market cap of $16,059 million. The rating is an average of the various different ratings given by analysts and brokers to DR Pepper Snapple Group Incorporated, and then averaged into one rating by a team of analysts at Zacks in Chicago, Illinois. The company has a 50 day moving average of $78.99 and a 200 day moving average of $77.82.
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Third-quarter 2015 adjusted earnings of $1.08 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.04 by 3.8%. The result matched the consensus estimate.
DPS is 5.42 percent to $89.42 in afternoon trading and has risen 81 percent since the beginning of a year ago. The firm earned $1.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.65 billion.
(This isn’t even to say that there is a trend in the last two years; last year saw DPS earnings drop over two quarters, the year before a slight increase and then a massive drop-off.) That said, DPS revenues should see a trend that more closely mirrors 2014 than 2013.
The company raised its full-year guidance to $3.92-$3.98 a share, up from $3.85-$3.93. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 14th were paid a $0.48 dividend. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.26%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 10th.
Several brokerages have recently issued reports on DPS.
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc (NYSE:DPS): On Wednesday heightened volatility was witnessed in Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc (NYSE:DPS) which led to swings in the share price. Finally, Sterne Agee CRT initiated coverage on shares of Dr Pepper Snapple Group in a research report on Monday, July 20th.
A recent stock analyst activity consisted of Evercore ISI Group upgrading their rating to Buy on October 5.
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In related news, CFO Martin M. Ellen sold 12,971 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 14th. The Consumer Products company’s share price is now trading 1.5% below its 52-week-high. Also, EVP David Thomas sold 3,398 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $78.13, for a total value of $781,300.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. (DPS) is an integrated brand owner, manufacturer and distributor of non-alcoholic beverages in the United States, Canada and Mexico with a diverse portfolio of flavored (non-cola) carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) and non-carbonated beverages (NCBs), including ready-to-drink teas, juices, juice drinks and mixers. The Company operates under three sections: Packaged Beverages, Beverage Concentrates and Latin America Drinks.
