NASDAQ:BCPC - Balchem Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Balchem declared an annual dividend on Wednesday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 30th will be given a dividend of $0.52 per share on Friday, January 17th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.51%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 27th. This is a boost from Balchem's previous annual dividend of $0.47. View Balchem's Dividend History.

Balchem Co. (NASDAQ:BCPC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 21st. The basic materials company reported $0.88 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.04. The basic materials company had revenue of $166.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $165.55 million. Balchem had a return on equity of 14.20% and a net margin of 12.38%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.77 EPS. View Balchem's Earnings History.

Balchem is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 1st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Balchem.

2 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Balchem's shares. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $116.00. On average, they expect Balchem's share price to reach $108.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Balchem.

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." View Analyst Ratings for Balchem.

Press coverage about BCPC stock has trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 gave news articles about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Balchem.

Balchem saw a drop in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 556,700 shares, a drop of 8.8% from the January 30th total of 610,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 103,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.4 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Balchem's Current Options Chain.

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Balchem's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (2.91%), Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (2.52%), Fred Alger Management LLC (2.06%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.56%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.36%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (1.33%). Company insiders that own Balchem stock include Daniel E Knutson, David F Ludwig and Scott C Mason. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Balchem.

BCPC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Arizona State Retirement System, Bank of America Corp DE, Royce & Associates LP, GW&K Investment Management LLC and First Trust Advisors LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Balchem.

BCPC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Macquarie Group Ltd., Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Sei Investments Co., Geode Capital Management LLC, Aviva PLC and Barclays PLC. 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.

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 $94.46.

Balchem has a market capitalization of $3.05 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 1,135 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Balchem.

The official website for Balchem is http://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]