NASDAQ:BPFH - Boston Private Financial Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Boston Private Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BPFH."

Boston Private Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 8th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, February 22nd. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.43%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 7th. View Boston Private Financial's Dividend History.

Boston Private Financial Hldg Inc (NASDAQ:BPFH) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 30th. The bank reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.03. The bank earned $88.69 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $90.20 million. Boston Private Financial had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 11.04%. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.22 EPS. View Boston Private Financial's Earnings History.

Boston Private Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Boston Private Financial.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Boston Private Financial's shares. Their predictions range from $15.00 to $15.00. On average, they expect Boston Private Financial's share price to reach $15.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 38.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Boston Private Financial.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Boston Private Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Boston Private Financial.

Media headlines about BPFH stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Boston Private Financial earned a coverage optimism score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Boston Private Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,337,847 shares, an increase of 42.7% from the January 31st total of 937,845 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 496,346 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Boston Private Financial's Current Options Chain.

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Boston Private Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.73%), FMR LLC (7.83%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.63%), Standard Life Aberdeen plc (4.01%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.05%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.85%). Company insiders that own Boston Private Financial stock include Anthony Dechellis, Corey Griffin, David J Kaye, Deborah F Kuenstner, George G Schwartz, John Morton III, Joseph D Regan, Joy Enos, Mark F Furlong, Martha Higgins, Paul M Simons, Stephen M Waters, Steven M Gaven and W Timothy Macdonald. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Boston Private Financial.

BPFH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Macquarie Group Ltd., FMR LLC, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, BlackRock Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, First Trust Advisors LP and Barclays PLC. Company insiders that have sold Boston Private Financial company stock in the last year include David J Kaye, Deborah F Kuenstner, George G Schwartz, Joseph D Regan, Martha Higgins, Stephen M Waters and Steven M Gaven. View Insider Buying and Selling for Boston Private Financial.

BPFH stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Norges Bank, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Two Sigma Investments LP, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., 361 Capital LLC and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have bought Boston Private Financial stock in the last two years include Anthony Dechellis, Corey Griffin, Joy Enos, Mark F Furlong, Paul M Simons and W Timothy Macdonald. View Insider Buying and Selling for Boston Private Financial.

Shares of BPFH 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 BPFH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.84.

Boston Private Financial has a market capitalization of $908.03 million and generates $311.29 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $80.38 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.97 on an earnings per share basis. Boston Private Financial employs 774 workers across the globe.

The official website for Boston Private Financial is http://www.bostonprivate.com.

Boston Private Financial's mailing address is 10 POST OFFICE SQ, BOSTON MA, 02109. The bank can be reached via phone at 617-912-1900 or via email at [email protected]