Sanderson Farms - SAFM Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sanderson Farms in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" SAFM shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SAFM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Sanderson Farms' stock. Their SAFM share price forecasts range from $203.00 to $203.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $203.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.5%.
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Sanderson Farms' stock was trading at $191.08 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, SAFM shares have increased by 6.8% and is now trading at $204.00.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 25th 2022.
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Sanderson Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAFM) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 27th. The company reported $14.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $6.81 by $7.58. The company earned $1.54 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.39 billion. Sanderson Farms had a net margin of 15.34% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 43.58%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 35.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $4.34 earnings per share.

Sanderson Farms announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 21st. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Tuesday, May 17th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 2nd.
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Sanderson Farms (NASDAQ:SAFM) pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.86%. The dividend payout ratio is 4.55%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SAFM will have a dividend payout ratio of 5.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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125 employees have rated Sanderson Farms Chief Executive Officer Joe F. Sanderson Jr. on Glassdoor.com. Joe F. Sanderson Jr. has an approval rating of 81% among the company's employees.

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Sanderson Farms trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SAFM."

Sanderson Farms' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alpine Associates Management Inc. (1.93%), Walleye Trading LLC (0.00%), Van ECK Associates Corp (0.62%), Assetmark Inc. (0.55%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.28%) and abrdn plc (0.28%). Insiders that own company stock include John Bierbusse, Lampkin Butts, Phil K Livingston, Robert C Khayat and Toni D Cooley.
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Shares of SAFM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of SAFM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $204.00.

Sanderson Farms (NASDAQ:SAFM) has a market capitalization of $4.55 billion and generates $4.80 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $455.09 million in net income (profit) each year or $38.65 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 17,662 workers across the globe.

Sanderson Farms was founded in 1947.

Sanderson Farms' mailing address is 127 FLYNT ROAD, LAUREL MS, 39443. The official website for the company is www.sandersonfarms.com. The company can be reached via phone at (601) 649-4030 or via fax at 601-426-1461.