NASDAQ:BCPCBalchem Stock Price, Forecast & News

Balchem's stock was trading at $89.29 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BCPC stock has increased by 15.2% and is now trading at $102.83.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Balchem in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Balchem is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 3rd 2020.
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Balchem Co. (NASDAQ:BCPC) announced its earnings results on Friday, July, 31st. The basic materials company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.30. The basic materials company earned $173.36 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $161.35 million. Balchem had a return on equity of 14.32% and a net margin of 12.18%. The business's revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.77 earnings per share.
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Balchem declared an annual dividend on Wednesday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.52 per share on Friday, January 17th. This represents a yield of 0.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 27th. This is an increase from Balchem's previous annual dividend of $0.47.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Balchem's shares. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $126.00. On average, they anticipate Balchem's share price to reach $113.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.9% from the stock's current price.
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News articles about BCPC stock have been trending extremely negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Balchem earned a daily sentiment score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.
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Balchem saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 433,300 shares, a drop of 12.4% from the July 15th total of 494,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 167,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Balchem trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BCPC."

Balchem's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (2.75%), Wasatch Advisors Inc. (2.58%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.79%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.16%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.12%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.96%). Company insiders that own Balchem stock include Daniel E Knutson, David F Ludwig and Scott C Mason.
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BCPC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wasatch Advisors Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund, ProShare Advisors LLC, Moody Aldrich Partners LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., and Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc..
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BCPC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Bank of Montreal Can, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC, Macquarie Group Ltd., GW&K Investment Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, and Tributary Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Balchem stock in the last two years include Daniel E Knutson, and Scott C Mason.
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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.

One share of BCPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $102.83.

Balchem has a market capitalization of $3.33 billion and generates $643.71 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $79.67 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.19 on an earnings per share basis. Balchem employs 1,424 workers across the globe.

The official website for Balchem is www.balchem.com.

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]