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 Friday, February 7th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 10.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 25th. View BGC Partners' Dividend History.

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The financial services provider reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $487.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $476 million. BGC Partners had a net margin of 2.65% and a return on equity of 34.44%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.14 EPS. View BGC Partners' Earnings History.

BGC Partners is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for BGC Partners.

BGC Partners updated its first quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $540-580 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $562 million.

News headlines about BGCP stock have trended neutral on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of 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 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for BGC Partners.

BGC Partners saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,990,000 shares, a drop of 8.1% from the January 15th total of 6,520,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,840,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View BGC Partners' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to BGC Partners include Morgan Stanley (MS), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Raymond James (RJF), E*TRADE Financial (ETFC), LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Lazard (LAZ), 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), CNX Midstream Partners (CNXM), Ford Motor (F), Centurylink (CTL), Ivanhoe Mines (IVN), Newmark Group (NMRK), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Arlington Asset Investment (AI) and Ares Capital (ARCC).

BGC Partners' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Principal Financial Group Inc. (5.33%), Raymond James & Associates (3.14%), Point72 Asset Management L.P. (2.29%), State Street Corp (1.17%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.95%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.94%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Raymond James & Associates, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Sei Investments Co., Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and AQR Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for BGC Partners.

BGCP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alyeska Investment Group L.P., Man Group plc, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Alberta Investment Management Corp, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, State Street Corp and Credit Suisse AG. 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 $5.37.

BGC Partners has a market capitalization of $1.87 billion and generates $2.10 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $55.71 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.61 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.