NASDAQ:BRKS - Brooks Automation Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Brooks Automation declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 6th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 5th. View Brooks Automation's Dividend History.

Brooks Automation, Inc (NASDAQ:BRKS) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The semiconductor company reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.23. The semiconductor company earned $210.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $207.24 million. Brooks Automation had a return on equity of 6.41% and a net margin of 53.68%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 17.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.17 EPS. View Brooks Automation's Earnings History.

Brooks Automation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Brooks Automation.

Brooks Automation updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.22-0.28 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.30. The company issued revenue guidance of $213-225 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $216.16 million.

4 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Brooks Automation's stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Brooks Automation's stock price to reach $42.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Brooks Automation.

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

Media headlines about BRKS stock have been trending neutral on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Brooks Automation earned a news impact score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the semiconductor company 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. View News Stories for Brooks Automation.

Brooks Automation saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,220,000 shares, a decrease of 7.2% from the January 15th total of 3,470,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 507,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.3 days. Currently, 4.5% of the company's stock are sold short. 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), Micron Technology (MU), Alibaba Group (BABA), Applied Materials (AMAT), Intel (INTC), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Netflix (NFLX), Square (SQ), Adobe (ADBE) and Bank of America (BAC).

Brooks Automation's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (4.82%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.20%), State Street Corp (2.78%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.65%), FMR LLC (1.64%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.34%). Company insiders that own Brooks Automation stock include Alfred Woollacott III, David C Gray, David Jarzynka, David Pietrantoni, Jason Joseph, Lindon G Robertson, Maurice H Tenney, Stephen S Schwartz and William T Montone. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Brooks Automation.

BRKS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Boston Partners, Royce & Associates LP, Hodges Capital Management Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC and IMA Wealth Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Brooks Automation company stock in the last year include Alfred Woollacott III, David C Gray, David Jarzynka, David Pietrantoni, Jason Joseph, Lindon G Robertson, Stephen S Schwartz and William T Montone. View Insider Buying and Selling for Brooks Automation.

BRKS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshall Wace LLP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Man Group plc, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Beaumont Financial Partners LLC and Palisade Capital Management LLC NJ. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $36.73.

Brooks Automation has a market capitalization of $2.70 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.View Additional Information About Brooks Automation.

The official website for Brooks Automation is http://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]