NASDAQ:BGCP - BGC Partners Stock Price, Forecast & News

BGC Partners trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BGCP."

BGC Partners announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Tuesday, November 26th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 9.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 12th. View BGC Partners' Dividend History.

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.15. The financial services provider earned $521.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $511.05 million. BGC Partners had a net margin of 2.56% and a return on equity of 35.30%. BGC Partners's quarterly revenue was up 14.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.15 EPS. View BGC Partners' Earnings History.

BGC Partners is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for BGC Partners.

BGC Partners will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

BGC Partners issued an update on its fourth quarter 2019 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, December, 18th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $465-485 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $467.2 million.

News headlines about BGCP stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BGC Partners earned a media sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for BGC Partners.

BGC Partners saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,520,000 shares, a decrease of 12.8% from the December 15th total of 7,480,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,740,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View BGC Partners' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to BGC Partners include Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Raymond James (RJF), E*TRADE Financial (ETFC), LPL Financial (LPLA), Lazard (LAZ), Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), INTL Fcstone (INTL), Cowen (COWN), Oppenheimer (OPY) and Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BGC Partners investors own include NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ford Motor (F), Ivanhoe Mines (IVN), Centurylink (CTL), CNX Midstream Partners (CNXM), Newmark Group (NMRK), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Ares Capital (ARCC) and New Residential Investment (NRZ).

BGC Partners' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.52%), Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC (0.08%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), CenturyLink Investment Management Co (0.03%) and Raymond James Trust N.A. (0.03%). Company insiders that own BGC Partners stock include Linda A Bell, Sean Galvin and William J Moran. View Institutional Ownership Trends for BGC Partners.

BGCP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Advisors Capital Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Raymond James Trust N.A.. Company insiders that have bought BGC Partners stock in the last two years include Sean Galvin and William J Moran. View Insider Buying and Selling for BGC Partners.

Shares of BGCP 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 BGCP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.95.

BGC Partners has a market capitalization of $2.07 billion and generates $1.94 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $197.52 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.72 on an earnings per share basis. BGC Partners employs 4,688 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About BGC Partners.

The official website for BGC Partners is http://www.bgcpartners.com/.

BGC Partners' mailing address is 499 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-610-2200.