NASDAQ:DNKN - Dunkin' Brands Stock Price, Price Target & More

Dunkin' Brands trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "DNKN."

Dunkin' Brands announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.3475 per share on Wednesday, June 6th. This represents a $1.39 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.13%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 25th. View Dunkin' Brands' Dividend History.

Dunkin' Brands announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $650,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Dunkin' Brands (NASDAQ:DNKN) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The restaurant operator reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.52 by $0.10. The restaurant operator earned $301.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $303.72 million. Dunkin' Brands had a net margin of 36.40% and a negative return on equity of 75.12%. Dunkin' Brands's revenue was up 1.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.54 EPS. View Dunkin' Brands' Earnings History.

Dunkin' Brands is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Dunkin' Brands.

Dunkin' Brands updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.69-2.74 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.63.

20 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Dunkin' Brands' shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $74.00. On average, they anticipate Dunkin' Brands' stock price to reach $63.8333 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Dunkin' Brands.

Dunkin' Brands saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 12,572,647 shares, an increase of 14.5% from the April 13th total of 10,984,623 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,387,570 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 9.1 days. Approximately 15.3% of the company's shares are sold short.

Some companies that are related to Dunkin' Brands include Wendy's (WEN), Greene King (GKNGY), Shake Shack (SHAK), Cannae (CNNE), Empire Resorts (NYNY), Jamba (JMBA), IPic Entertainment (IPIC) and Giggles N Hugs (GIGL).

News coverage about DNKN stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Dunkin' Brands earned a news sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the restaurant operator an impact score of 47.17 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Dunkin' Brands' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.70%), UBS Group AG (1.18%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.02%), Northern Trust Corp (1.02%), Fiera Capital Corp (0.71%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.64%). Company insiders that own Dunkin' Brands stock include John H Costello, John L Clare, John Varughese, Karen Raskopf, Katherine D Jaspon, Nigel Travis, Paul C Carbone, Paul E Twohig, Richard J Emmett, Scott Murphy, Weldon W Spangler and William M Mitchell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Dunkin' Brands.

DNKN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, BlackRock Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Sei Investments Co., Jane Street Group LLC and Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Dunkin' Brands company stock in the last year include John L Clare, Karen Raskopf, Katherine D Jaspon, Nigel Travis, Richard J Emmett, Scott Murphy and William M Mitchell. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dunkin' Brands.

DNKN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Seven Eight Capital LP, Landscape Capital Management L.L.C., Blair William & Co. IL, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC, UBS Group AG, Dupont Capital Management Corp and Victory Capital Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dunkin' Brands.

Shares of DNKN 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DNKN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $65.16.

Dunkin' Brands has a market capitalization of $5.48 billion and generates $860.50 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $350.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.43 on an earnings per share basis. Dunkin' Brands employs 1,148 workers across the globe.

Dunkin' Brands' mailing address is 130 ROYALL STREET, CANTON MA, 02021. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 781-737-3000 or via email at [email protected]