Balchem - BCPC Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Balchem in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" BCPC shares.
View BCPC analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks.

2 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Balchem's shares. Their BCPC share price forecasts range from $152.00 to $175.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $163.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.7% from the stock's current price.
View analysts price targets for BCPC or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.

Balchem's stock was trading at $168.60 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BCPC stock has decreased by 19.6% and is now trading at $135.50.
View the best growth stocks for 2022 here.

The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 4th 2022.
View our BCPC earnings forecast.

Balchem Co. (NASDAQ:BCPC) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.92 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.02. The basic materials company had revenue of $197.87 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $204.80 million. Balchem had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.84% and a net margin of 12.40%. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.83 earnings per share.

Balchem declared an annual dividend on Friday, December 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 28th will be given a dividend of $0.64 per share on Friday, January 21st. This represents a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 27th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous annual dividend of $0.58.
Read our dividend analysis for BCPC.

Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.48%. 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 19.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BCPC will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.88% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
Read our dividend analysis for BCPC.

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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (3.14%), Geneva Capital Management LLC (2.17%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.57%), Northern Trust Corp (1.20%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.02%) and Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (1.00%). Insiders that own company stock include David F Ludwig, Gunsteren Job Leonard Van, Scott C Mason and William A Backus.
View institutional ownership trends.

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.
Compare Top Brokerages Here.

One share of BCPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $135.50.

Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) has a market capitalization of $4.35 billion and generates $799.02 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $96.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.34 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,317 workers across the globe.

Balchem was founded in 1967.

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.