Balchem Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, feed, pharmaceutical, medical sterilization, and industrial markets in the United States and internationally. The company's Human Nutrition & Health segment supplies ingredients in the food and beverage industry.
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Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Chemicals & allied products
Sub-IndustrySpecialty Chemicals
SectorBasic Materials
Phone845-326-5600
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$643.68 million
Profitability
Miscellaneous
Employees1,135
Next Earnings Date11/5/2019 (Estimated)
OptionableOptionable
Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Balchem's stock symbol?
Balchem trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BCPC."
How often does Balchem pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Balchem?
Balchem declared an annual dividend on Wednesday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 26th will be given a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, January 18th. This represents a yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 24th. This is a positive change from Balchem's previous annual dividend of $0.42. View Balchem's Dividend History.
How were Balchem's earnings last quarter?
Balchem Co. (NASDAQ:BCPC) posted its earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The basic materials company reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.08. The basic materials company earned $161.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $163.14 million. Balchem had a return on equity of 13.87% and a net margin of 12.27%. Balchem's quarterly revenue was down 1.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.76 earnings per share. View Balchem's Earnings History.
When is Balchem's next earnings date?
What price target have analysts set for BCPC?
4 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Balchem's shares. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $127.00. On average, they anticipate Balchem's share price to reach $107.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Balchem.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Balchem?
4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Balchem in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Balchem.
What are Wall Street analysts saying about Balchem stock?
Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Balchem stock:
- 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Balchem Corporation provides state-of-the-art solutions and the finest quality products for a range of industries worldwide. Balchem Company consists of four business segments: Human Nutrition & Health; Animal Nutrition & Health; Specialty Products; and Industrial Products. The Human Nutrition & Health segment delivers customized food and beverage ingredient systems, as well as key nutrients into a variety of applications across the food, supplement and pharmaceutical industries. The Animal Nutrition & Health segment manufactures and supplies products to numerous animal health markets. Through Specialty Products, Balchem provides specialty-packaged chemicals for use in healthcare and other industries, and also provides chelated minerals to the micronutrient agricultural market. The Industrial Products segment manufactures and supplies certain derivative products into industrial applications. " (8/5/2019)
- 2. HC Wainwright analysts commented, "Valuation methodology, risks and uncertainties. We utilize a comparable universe-derived EV-to-EBITDA multiple approach. EV-to-EBITDA multiple to our 2019 diluted EBITDA per share of $3.64, we derive a target of $110 per share. Risks include, but are not limited to: (1) slower-than-anticipated growth in Balchem’s base businesses; (2) a global fracking industry slowdown; (3) inability to launch new nutrition segment products; and (4) failure by Balchem’s partner Curemark to obtain approval for its autism drug candidate." (5/6/2019)
Has Balchem been receiving favorable news coverage?
Press coverage about BCPC stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Balchem earned a coverage optimism score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Balchem.
Are investors shorting Balchem?
Balchem saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 815,200 shares, an increase of 15.7% from the July 15th total of 704,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 109,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.4 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Balchem's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Balchem's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Balchem include FMC (FMC), Johnson Matthey (JMPLY), Huntsman (HUN), Ashland Global (ASH), W. R. Grace & Co (GRA), KURARAY CO LTD/ADR (KURRY), Univar (UNVR), Ingevity (NGVT), Olin (OLN), Chemours (CC), Innospec (IOSP), PQ Group (PQG), GCP Applied Technologies (GCP), Innophos (IPHS) and Loop Industries (LOOP).
What other stocks do shareholders of Balchem own?
Who are Balchem's key executives?
Balchem's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Theodore L. Harris, Chairman and Chief Exec. Officer (Age 54)
- Mr. William A. Backus CPA, Chief Accounting Officer (Age 53)
- Mr. Mark A. Stach, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec.
- Mr. David F. Ludwig, VP & Gen. Mang. of Industrial Products (Age 61)
- Mr. Carl Martin Bengtsson, Chief Financial Officer
Who are Balchem's major shareholders?
Balchem's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.56%), BlackRock Inc. (14.56%), Brown Capital Management LLC (11.75%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.21%), Wasatch Advisors Inc. (4.04%) and Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (2.54%). Company insiders that own Balchem stock include Daniel E Knutson, David F Ludwig and Scott C Mason. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Balchem.
Which major investors are selling Balchem stock?
BCPC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brown Capital Management LLC, Ellis Investment Partners LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Invesco Ltd., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C and Van ECK Associates Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Balchem.
Which major investors are buying Balchem stock?
BCPC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Wasatch Advisors Inc., BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC and Royal Bank of Canada. Company insiders that have bought Balchem stock in the last two years include Daniel E Knutson and Scott C Mason. View Insider Buying and Selling for Balchem.
How do I buy shares of Balchem?
Shares of BCPC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Balchem's stock price today?
One share of BCPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $98.10.
How big of a company is Balchem?
Balchem has a market capitalization of $3.17 billion and generates $643.68 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $78.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.01 on an earnings per share basis. Balchem employs 1,135 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Balchem.
What is Balchem's official website?
How can I contact Balchem?
Balchem's mailing address is 52 Sunrise Park Road, NEW HAMPTON NY, 10958. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 845-326-5600 or via email at [email protected]
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