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

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

BGC Partners declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 13th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Tuesday, November 26th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 9.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 12th. View BGC Partners' Dividend History.

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.15. The financial services provider had revenue of $521.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $511.05 million. BGC Partners had a return on equity of 35.30% and a net margin of 2.56%. The company's revenue was up 14.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.15 earnings per share. 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 earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $465-485 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $467.2 million.

Press coverage about BGCP stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BGC Partners earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for BGC Partners.

BGC Partners saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,520,000 shares, a decline of 12.8% from the December 15th total of 7,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,740,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.52%), 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Advisors Capital Management 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 $5.91.

BGC Partners has a market capitalization of $2.06 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.