Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alexander & Baldwin in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" ALEX shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ALEX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Alexander & Baldwin's shares. Their ALEX share price targets range from $17.00 to $20.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $18.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.3% from the stock's current price.
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Alexander & Baldwin's stock was trading at $19.02 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ALEX shares have decreased by 17.8% and is now trading at $15.64.
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Alexander & Baldwin saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 419,900 shares, a decrease of 28.2% from the March 15th total of 584,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 314,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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Alexander & Baldwin will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NYSE:ALEX) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 28th. The financial services provider reported ($0.20) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.86) by $0.66. Alexander & Baldwin had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.69% and a net margin of 14.27%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.25 earnings per share.

Alexander & Baldwin declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.2225 per share on Friday, April 5th. This represents a $0.89 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22.
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Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE:ALEX) pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.58%. ALEX has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 222.50%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, ALEX will have a dividend payout ratio of 80.18% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Alexander & Baldwin issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.800-0.900 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.170. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

1 employees have rated Alexander & Baldwin Chief Executive Officer Christopher Benjamin on Glassdoor.com. Christopher Benjamin has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Christopher Benjamin in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Alexander & Baldwin's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Reinhart Partners LLC. (3.37%) and First Hawaiian Bank (0.13%).
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Shares of ALEX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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