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 stock has increased by 45.1% and is now trading at $44.68. 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) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The semiconductor company reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.25. The semiconductor company had revenue of $220.23 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $219.27 million. Brooks Automation had a return on equity of 6.41% and a net margin of 52.96%. The firm's revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.17 EPS. View Brooks Automation's earnings history.

Brooks Automation announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.90%. The ex-dividend date 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 earnings per share estimate of $0.30. The company issued revenue guidance of $200-215 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $218.33 million.

6 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Brooks Automation's shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Brooks Automation's share price to reach $44.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.5%. View analysts' price targets for Brooks Automation.

News headlines about BRKS stock have been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Brooks Automation earned a coverage optimism score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Brooks Automation.

Brooks Automation saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,340,000 shares, a decrease 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. Currently, 4.6% 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), 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.18%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.09%), 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, 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 $44.68.

Brooks Automation has a market capitalization of $3.30 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]