Brookline Bancorp - BRKL Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brookline Bancorp in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" BRKL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BRKL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Brookline Bancorp's stock. Their BRKL share price forecasts range from $14.50 to $20.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $17.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.1% from the stock's current price.
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Brookline Bancorp's stock was trading at $14.15 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, BRKL shares have decreased by 10.5% and is now trading at $12.67.
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Brookline Bancorp saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,260,000 shares, a drop of 16.0% from the December 31st total of 2,690,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 529,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.3 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRKL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 26th. The bank reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.01. The bank earned $112.46 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $87.79 million. Brookline Bancorp had a net margin of 29.38% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.48%. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.37 EPS.

Brookline Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.135 per share on Friday, November 25th. This represents a $0.54 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 9th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13.
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Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.02%. BRKL has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 37.76%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BRKL will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.13% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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30 employees have rated Brookline Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Paul A. Perrault on Glassdoor.com. Paul A. Perrault has an approval rating of 83% among the company's employees. 83.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Brookline Bancorp to a friend.

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Brookline Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BRKL."

Brookline Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Moody Aldrich Partners LLC (0.51%), Canton Hathaway LLC (0.37%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.31%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.26%), Comerica Bank (0.10%) and Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.06%). Insiders that own company stock include Bogdan Nowak, Carl M Carlson, Charles H Peck, Charles H Peck, Darryl J Fess, David C Chapin, James M Cosman, John A Hackett, John A Hackett, Michael W Mccurdy, Peter O Wilde and Thomas J Hollister.
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One share of BRKL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.67.

Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) has a market capitalization of $973.56 million and generates $373.53 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $115.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.43 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 786 workers across the globe.

Brookline Bancorp's mailing address is 131 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA, 02116. The official website for the company is www.brooklinebancorp.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (617) 425-4600, via email at ccarlson@brkl.com, or via fax at 800-253-5177.