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

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

Bloomin' Brands declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. This is an increase from Bloomin' Brands's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View Bloomin' Brands' Dividend History.

Bloomin' Brands Inc (NASDAQ:BLMN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 18th. The restaurant operator reported $0.32 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.03. The restaurant operator had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.03 billion. Bloomin' Brands had a net margin of 3.15% and a return on equity of 73.91%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.30 EPS. View Bloomin' Brands' Earnings History.

Bloomin' Brands is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Bloomin' Brands.

Bloomin' Brands updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 18th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.85-$1.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.72.

10 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Bloomin' Brands' shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate Bloomin' Brands' stock price to reach $23.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Bloomin' Brands.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bloomin' Brands in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Bloomin' Brands.

Press coverage about BLMN stock has trended neutral recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Bloomin' Brands earned a media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Bloomin' Brands.

Bloomin' Brands saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,900,000 shares, an increase of 5.6% from the January 15th total of 4,640,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 937,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.2 days. Approximately 6.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Bloomin' Brands' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Bloomin' Brands include Mcdonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX), Yum! Brands (YUM), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN), Wendys (WEN), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Dine Brands Global (DIN) and Brinker International (EAT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Bloomin' Brands investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Intelsat (I), Comcast (CMCSA), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Fossil Group (FOSL), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Caterpillar (CAT), AT&T (T) and Tesla (TSLA).

Bloomin' Brands' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alliancebernstein L.P. (5.83%), State Street Corp (3.04%), Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. (2.25%), Westwood Holdings Group Inc. (2.24%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.81%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.51%). Company insiders that own Bloomin' Brands stock include David J Deno, David Peter Schmidt, Donagh Herlihy, Elizabeth A Smith, Gregg Scarlett, Michael Kappitt and Mindy F Grossman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Bloomin' Brands.

BLMN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Man Group plc, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Westwood Holdings Group Inc. and Mutual of America Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Bloomin' Brands.

BLMN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Reinhart Partners Inc., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., LSV Asset Management, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Foundry Partners LLC and Landscape Capital Management L.L.C.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BLMN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $22.93.

Bloomin' Brands has a market capitalization of $1.99 billion and generates $4.14 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $130.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.54 on an earnings per share basis. Bloomin' Brands employs 93,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Bloomin' Brands.

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]