Diageo plc (DEO) Stock

About Diageo plc

Diageo plc is led by CEO Sir David John Lewis, employs 30,092 people, headquartered in London, GB, publicly traded since 1991.

Diageo plc (DEO) stock trades at $95.11 with a market capitalization of $52.89B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 27.89, price-to-book of 4.42, price-to-sales of 2.47. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $72.45 and $102.74, and currently trades 7.4% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.74%.

On profitability, Diageo plc generates a return on equity (ROE) of 15.52%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 15.33%, an operating margin of 27.28%, a net profit margin of 8.91%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Diageo plc reported annual revenue of $19.6B, net profit of $1.7B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 9.0%, and net profit declined at an average annual rate of 8.2%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.03 (debt more than twice shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 1.63, total assets of $46.8B, $1.5B in cash and equivalents.

DEO has a beta of 0.31 (historically less volatile than the overall market).