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 Wednesday, November 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View Brooks Automation's Dividend History.

Brooks Automation, Inc (NASDAQ:BRKS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The semiconductor company reported $0.24 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.01. The semiconductor company earned $200.23 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $195.38 million. Brooks Automation had a net margin of 55.99% and a return on equity of 6.67%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 25.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.40 earnings per share. View Brooks Automation's Earnings History.

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

Brooks Automation issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.20 to $0.27 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.26. The company issued revenue guidance of $204 million to $214 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $205.88 million.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives 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 $41.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.3%. 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.

Headlines about BRKS stock have trended extremely negative on Monday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Brooks Automation earned a coverage optimism score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news 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 News Stories for Brooks Automation.

Brooks Automation saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,470,000 shares, a drop of 7.2% from the December 15th total of 3,740,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 489,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.1 days. Approximately 4.9% of the company's shares are sold short. View Brooks Automation's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Brooks Automation include Applied Materials (AMAT), Lam Research (LRCX), KLA (KLAC), Teradyne (TER), Entegris (ENTG), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Cabot Microelectronics (CCMP), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), FormFactor (FORM), Cohu (COHU), Nanometrics (NANO), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Photronics (PLAB) and Xperi (XPER).

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), Bank of America (BAC), Square (SQ) and Adobe (ADBE).

Brooks Automation's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Penbrook Management LLC (0.03%), New England Research & Management Inc. (0.01%) and Sciencast Management LP (0.01%). 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Penbrook Management LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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, Maurice H Tenney, 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 New England Research & Management Inc., Sciencast Management LP, Huntington National Bank and Carroll Financial Associates Inc.. 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 $43.61.

Brooks Automation has a market capitalization of $3.21 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]