NASDAQ:BLMN - Bloomin' Brands Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Bloomin' Brands trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BLMN."

Bloomin' Brands declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 30th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.09 per share on Wednesday, November 21st. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 13th. View Bloomin' Brands' Dividend History.

Bloomin' Brands announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Friday, February 23rd 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $150,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Bloomin' Brands Inc (NASDAQ:BLMN) issued its earnings results on Monday, October, 29th. The restaurant operator reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.01. The restaurant operator earned $965 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $965.17 million. Bloomin' Brands had a return on equity of 196.28% and a net margin of 2.68%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.14 earnings per share. View Bloomin' Brands' Earnings History.

Bloomin' Brands is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Bloomin' Brands.

Bloomin' Brands issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, October, 29th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.38-1.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.43. Bloomin' Brands also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $1.41-1.47 EPS.

11 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Bloomin' Brands' stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Bloomin' Brands' share price to reach $22.3750 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Bloomin' Brands.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bloomin' Brands in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Bloomin' Brands.

News stories about BLMN stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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. Bloomin' Brands earned a daily sentiment score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Bloomin' Brands saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,733,542 shares, a decline of 32.1% from the December 14th total of 5,499,624 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,239,550 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 4.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View Bloomin' Brands' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Bloomin' Brands include Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Jack in the Box (JACK), Wingstop (WING), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Brinker International (EAT), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Sonic (SONC), MITCHELLS &BUTLERS (MBPFF), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) and Denny's (DENN).

Bloomin' Brands' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Moody National Bank Trust Division (0.20%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.02%) and Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Bloomin' Brands stock include Christopher W Brandt, David J Deno, David Peter Schmidt, Donagh Herlihy, Elizabeth A Smith, Gregg Scarlett, Michael Kappitt, Mindy F Grossman and Sukhdev Singh. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Bloomin' Brands.

BLMN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Moody National Bank Trust Division. Company insiders that have sold Bloomin' Brands company stock in the last year include David J Deno, David Peter Schmidt, Donagh Herlihy, Elizabeth A Smith, Gregg Scarlett, Michael Kappitt and Mindy F Grossman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Bloomin' Brands.

BLMN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Meeder Asset Management Inc. and Cerebellum GP LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Bloomin' Brands.

Shares of BLMN 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BLMN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.37.

Bloomin' Brands has a market capitalization of $1.78 billion and generates $4.21 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $100.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.36 on an earnings per share basis. Bloomin' Brands employs 94,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Bloomin' Brands is http://www.bloominbrands.com.

Bloomin' Brands' mailing address is 2202 NORTH WEST SHORE BOULEVARD SUITE 500, TAMPA FL, 33607. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 813-282-1225 or via email at [email protected]