Bruker (BRKR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bruker in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" BRKR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BRKR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Bruker's stock. Their BRKR share price forecasts range from $70.00 to $98.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $84.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.9% from the stock's current price.
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Bruker's stock was trading at $68.35 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BRKR shares have decreased by 9.0% and is now trading at $62.17.
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Bruker saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,430,000 shares, a drop of 16.1% from the August 31st total of 4,090,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 869,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.9 days. Currently, 3.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Bruker Co. (NASDAQ:BRKR) posted its earnings results on Thursday, August, 3rd. The medical research company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.02. The medical research company had revenue of $681.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $647.82 million. Bruker had a net margin of 11.76% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 33.24%. Bruker's revenue for the quarter was up 15.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.45 earnings per share.

Bruker announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, September 15th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.32%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 31st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Bruker (NASDAQ:BRKR) stock in their portfolio include ProShares Nanotechnology ETF (TINY), Fidelity Disruptive Medicine ETF (FMED), Franklin Genomic Advancements ETF (HELX), SPDR Kensho Future Security ETF (FITE), Mid Cap US Equity Select ETF (RNMC), Invesco NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF (QQQJ), SPDR S&P Kensho New Economies Composite ETF (KOMP) and iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB).

Bruker (NASDAQ:BRKR) pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.32%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 9.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BRKR will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.87% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Bruker updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.55-$2.60 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.58. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.85 billion-$2.90 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.86 billion.

126 employees have rated Bruker Chief Executive Officer Frank H. Laukien on Glassdoor.com. Frank H. Laukien has an approval rating of 54% among the company's employees. This puts Frank H. Laukien in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 79.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Bruker to a friend.

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Bruker trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BRKR."

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One share of BRKR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.17.

Bruker (NASDAQ:BRKR) has a market capitalization of $9.13 billion and generates $2.53 billion in revenue each year. The medical research company earns $296.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.16 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 8,525 workers across the globe.

Bruker's mailing address is 40 Manning Road, Billerica MA, 01821. The official website for the company is www.bruker.com. The medical research company can be reached via phone at (978) 663-3660, via email at investor.relations@bruker.com, or via fax at 978-663-5585.