Balchem - BCPC Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Balchem in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" BCPC shares.
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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.2% 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 13.3% and is now trading at $138.36.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 17th 2023.
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Balchem Co. (NASDAQ:BCPC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.02. The basic materials company earned $197.87 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $204.80 million. Balchem had a net margin of 11.80% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.28%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.83 EPS.

Balchem declared an annual dividend on Tuesday, December 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 27th will be given 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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Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.52%. 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 21.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BCPC will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.32% 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (3.24%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (1.00%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.50%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.40%), Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.38%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.38%). Insiders that own company stock include Gunsteren Job Leonard Van, Scott C Mason and William A Backus.
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One share of BCPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $138.36.

Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) has a market capitalization of $4.45 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 $3.35 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,317 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.