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, October 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, November 16th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 1st. View Boston Private Financial's Dividend History.

Boston Private Financial Hldg Inc (NASDAQ:BPFH) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 17th. The bank reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.23 by $0.02. The bank earned $91.96 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.03 million. Boston Private Financial had a return on equity of 11.27% and a net margin of 6.76%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.22 EPS. View Boston Private Financial's Earnings History.

Boston Private Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 16th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Boston Private Financial.

3 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Boston Private Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate Boston Private Financial's stock price to reach $16.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 44.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Boston Private Financial.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Boston Private Financial in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Boston Private Financial.

Media coverage about BPFH stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 news sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the bank a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Boston Private Financial saw a decline in short interest in the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 768,557 shares, a decline of 48.1% from the November 15th total of 1,480,304 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 547,632 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Boston Private Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Boston Private Financial include Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Associated Banc (ASB), United Bankshares (UBSI), First Hawaiian (FHB), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), Chemical Financial (CHFC), Home Bancshares (HOMB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Bank Ozk (OZK), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Bancorpsouth Bank (BXS), South State (SSB) and First Interstate Bancsystem (FIBK).

Boston Private Financial's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.79%), Vanguard Group Inc (10.27%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.27%), FMR LLC (8.38%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.69%) and Standard Life Aberdeen plc (4.49%). Company insiders that own Boston Private Financial stock include Anthony Dechellis, Clayton Deutsch, 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 FMR LLC, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Morgan Stanley, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Banc Funds Co. LLC, Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Company insiders that have sold Boston Private Financial company stock in the last year include David J Kaye, Deborah F Kuenstner, George G Schwartz, John Morton III, 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 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Citadel Advisors LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc, Vanguard Group Inc., American Century Companies Inc. and Hsbc Holdings PLC. 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 $11.06.

Boston Private Financial has a market capitalization of $930.68 million and generates $412.66 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $40.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.88 on an earnings per share basis. Boston Private Financial employs 925 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]