Germany, France, Spain suspend AstraZeneca COVID-19 jabs amid blood-clot concerns

  • Germany, Italy, France and Spain joined the ranks of European countries that have temporarily halted use of AstraZeneca's (NASDAQ:AZN) COVID-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects.
  • This move is another blow to the continent's sluggish vaccination rollout and threatens the credibility of jab itself.
  • German Health Minister Jens Spahn said that although the risk of blood clots was low, it could not be ruled out.
  • 'This is a professional decision, not a political one," Spahn said, adding he was following a recommendation of the Paul Ehrlich Institute, Germany's vaccine regulator.
  • Seven cases of blood clotting were reported in Germany following the administration of 1.6M doses in the country.
  • France and Italy suspended the vaccine's use pending an assessment by EMA.
  • 'The decision taken, in conformity also with our European policy, is to suspend, out of precaution, vaccination with the AZ shot, hoping that we can resume quickly if the EMA's guidance allows," French President Emmanuel Macron said.
  • 'The EMA will meet soon to clarify any doubts so that the AstraZeneca vaccine can be resumed safely in the vaccination campaign as soon as possible," said Gianni Rezza, Director General of Prevention at Italy's Ministry of Health.
  • AstraZeneca said earlier it had conducted a review covering more than 17M people vaccinated in the EU and the UK which had shown no evidence of an increased risk of blood clots.

    Investors in Astrazeneca can expect a huge dividend payment. Based on the recent analysts' consensus the stock now has one of the highest dividend returns of the English market. Per share the analysts are expecting a dividend of 284 GBp per share. Thus the dividend yield equals 3.99 percent. The average dividend yield of the pharmaceutical companies equals a low 0.38 percent.

    Historical dividend returns Astrazeneca

    Over the current book year the total revenue from the company in Cambridge will be 31.29 billion GBp (consensus estimates). This is rather significant more than 2020's revenue of 26.62 billion GBp.

    Historical revenues and results Astrazeneca plus estimates 2020

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    The analysts expect for 2021 a net profit of 6.87 billion GBp. For this year the consensus of the result per share is a profit of 509 GBp. Based on this the price/earnings-ratio is 13.97.

    Latest estimates around 9017 GBp

    The most recent recommendations for the pharmaceutical company are from Deutsche Bank , Jefferies & Co. and UBS .

    Based on the current number of shares Astrazeneca 's market capitalization equals 9329.3 billion GBp. The Astrazeneca stock was the past 12 months quite unstable. Since last March the stock is 6 percent higher. This year the stock price moved between 6598 and 10120 GBp.

    Historical stock prices Astrazeneca past 10 years

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    Click here for dividend Astrazeneca. On Friday the stock closed at 7110 GBp.

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