NASDAQ:RILY - B. Riley Financial Stock Price, Price Target & More

B. Riley Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "RILY."

B. Riley Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 8th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 21st will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Tuesday, June 5th. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 18th. View B. Riley Financial's Dividend History.

B. Riley Financial declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, March 20th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $17,300,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through a private placement purchase. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

B. Riley Financial Inc (NASDAQ:RILY) posted its earnings results on Monday, May, 7th. The asset manager reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter. The asset manager earned $95.78 million during the quarter. B. Riley Financial had a net margin of 0.56% and a return on equity of 12.71%. View B. Riley Financial's Earnings History.

B. Riley Financial saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 897,630 shares, a drop of 24.8% from the April 30th total of 1,194,216 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 37,078 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 24.2 days. Currently, 5.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View B. Riley Financial's Current Options Chain.

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News stories about RILY stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. B. Riley Financial earned a media sentiment score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the asset manager an impact score of 46.60 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

B. Riley Financial's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Nokomis Capital L.L.C. (5.12%), Punch & Associates Investment Management Inc. (4.82%), BlackRock Inc. (4.34%), Equitec Proprietary Markets LLC (1.61%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (1.23%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.79%). Company insiders that own B. Riley Financial stock include Bryant R Riley, Daniel Asher, Thomas J /Adv Kelleher and Todd D Sims. View Institutional Ownership Trends for B. Riley Financial.

RILY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Equitec Proprietary Markets LLC, BlackRock Inc., Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. and LPL Financial LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for B. Riley Financial.

RILY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Acuitas Investments LLC, Argent Capital Management LLC, Cambria Investment Management L.P., Nokomis Capital L.L.C., Royal Bank of Canada, Hollow Brook Wealth Management LLC and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought B. Riley Financial stock in the last two years include Bryant R Riley, Daniel Asher, Thomas J /Adv Kelleher and Todd D Sims. View Insider Buying and Selling for B. Riley Financial.

Shares of RILY 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 RILY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.85.

B. Riley Financial has a market capitalization of $539.35 million and generates $322.18 million in revenue each year. B. Riley Financial employs 833 workers across the globe.

B. Riley Financial's mailing address is 21255 BURBANK BLVD. SUITE 400, WOODLAND HILLS CA, 91367. The asset manager can be reached via phone at 818-884-3737 or via email at [email protected]