NASDAQ:BRKSBrooks Automation Stock Price, Forecast & News

Brooks Automation's stock was trading at $30.80 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BRKS shares have increased by 44.4% and is now trading at $44.46. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brooks Automation in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Brooks Automation.

Brooks Automation is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Brooks Automation.

Brooks Automation, Inc (NASDAQ:BRKS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 30th. The semiconductor company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.25. The semiconductor company earned $220.23 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $219.27 million. Brooks Automation had a net margin of 52.96% and a return on equity of 6.41%. Brooks Automation's revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.17 EPS. View Brooks Automation's earnings history.

Brooks Automation announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 5th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, June 26th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. View Brooks Automation's dividend history.

Brooks Automation updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.16-0.24 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.30. The company issued revenue guidance of $200-215 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $218.33 million.

6 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Brooks Automation's shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect Brooks Automation's share price to reach $44.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.0%. View analysts' price targets for Brooks Automation.

Media headlines about BRKS stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Brooks Automation earned a news impact score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Brooks Automation.

Brooks Automation saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,340,000 shares, a drop of 6.2% from the May 31st total of 3,560,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 681,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.9 days. Approximately 4.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View Brooks Automation's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Brooks Automation investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Applied Materials (AMAT), Alibaba Group (BABA), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), Square (SQ), AbbVie (ABBV), Adobe (ADBE), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Lam Research (LRCX).

Brooks Automation trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BRKS."

Brooks Automation's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.04%) and Park National Corp OH (0.01%). Company insiders that own Brooks Automation stock include Alfred Woollacott III, David C Gray, David Jarzynka, David Pietrantoni, Jason Joseph, Joseph R Martin, Lindon G Robertson, Maurice H Tenney, Stephen S Schwartz and William T Montone. View institutional ownership trends for Brooks Automation.

BRKS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Brooks Automation.

Shares of BRKS 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 BRKS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.46.

Brooks Automation has a market capitalization of $3.28 billion and generates $781.86 million in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $437.42 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.77 on an earnings per share basis. Brooks Automation employs 2,984 workers across the globe.

The official website for Brooks Automation is www.brooks.com.

Brooks Automation's mailing address is 15 Elizabeth Drive, Chelmsford MA, 01824. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at 978-262-2400 or via email at [email protected]