Balchem (BCPC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Balchem in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" BCPC shares.
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1 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Balchem's shares. Their BCPC share price forecasts range from $140.00 to $140.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $140.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price.
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Balchem's stock was trading at $122.11 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, BCPC stock has increased by 8.8% and is now trading at $132.82.
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Balchem saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 309,900 shares, a decline of 7.4% from the April 30th total of 334,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 89,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 4th 2023.
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Balchem Co. (NASDAQ:BCPC) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April, 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.78 by $0.08. The basic materials company earned $232.54 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $232 million. Balchem had a net margin of 10.48% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.69%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.89 EPS.

Balchem announced an annual dividend on Tuesday, December 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.71 per share on Friday, January 20th. This represents a yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 23rd. This is a boost from the stock's previous annual dividend of $0.64.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Materials ETF (PSCM), Subversive Food Security ETF (KCAL), ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF (SMDV), VanEck Future of Food ETF (YUMY), iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (IJT), SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF (SLYG), Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (VIOG) and Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV).

Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.57%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 23.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BCPC will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.44% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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25 employees have rated Balchem Chief Executive Officer Dino A. Rossi on Glassdoor.com. Dino A. Rossi has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees. 62.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Balchem to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Balchem investors own include Ecolab (ECL), CVS Health (CVS), AbbVie (ABBV), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Altria Group (MO), NVIDIA (NVDA), AT&T (T), Analog Devices (ADI) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY).

Balchem trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BCPC."

Balchem's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.22%), Wasatch Advisors LP (6.42%), State Street Corp (3.37%), Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (3.26%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.05%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.04%). Insiders that own company stock include David B Fischer, Gunsteren Job Leonard Van, Michael Robert Sestrick, Scott C Mason and William A Backus.
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Shares of BCPC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BCPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $132.82.

Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) has a market capitalization of $4.28 billion and generates $942.36 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $105.37 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.06 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,340 workers across the globe.

Balchem's mailing address is 52 Sunrise Park Road, NEW HAMPTON NY, 10958. The official website for the company is www.balchem.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (845) 326-5600, via email at mabrush@balchem.com, or via fax at 845-326-5717.