DEO

Thinking of Buying Diageo (DEO)? Here's What You Need to Know.

Consumer Defensive sector company Diageo posted a -1.0% performance today, while the S&P 500 returned 0.76%.

Diageo plc, together with its subsidiaries, produces, markets, and sells alcoholic beverages. The company is based in London and has 28,000 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $101,664,309,242. Diageo currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 0.4% per year.

7 analysts are following Diageo and have set target prices ranging from $175.4 to $222 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, DEO is trading -13.87% away from its average analyst target price of $200.17 per share.

Over the last year, DEO shares have gone down by -13.8%, which represents a difference of -5.4% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $212.33 per share and its 52 week low is $160.09. With average free cash flows of $2,515,750,000.0 that have been growing at an average rate of 14.5% over the last four years, Diageo declining stock performance may not be reflective of the quality of its underlying business.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ MM) Capital expenditures ($ MM) Free Cash Flow ($ MM) YoY Growth (%)
2022-06-30 3,935 -1,097 2,838 -6.27
2021-06-30 3,654 -626 3,028 86.91
2020-06-30 2,320 -700 1,620 -37.14
2019-06-30 3,248 -671 2,577 n/a
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