Bright Scholar Education Stock Forecast, Price & News

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Bright Scholar Education saw a decline in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 18,600 shares, a decline of 34.5% from the March 15th total of 28,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 41,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Bright Scholar Education is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 21st 2021.
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Bright Scholar Education will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 21st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited (NYSE:BEDU) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 16th. The company reported $1.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.59 by $0.17. The company earned $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.09 billion. Bright Scholar Education had a net margin of 4.62% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.63%. Bright Scholar Education's quarterly revenue was up 69.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.30 earnings per share.
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Bright Scholar Education's stock was trading at $7.86 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BEDU shares have decreased by 26.8% and is now trading at $5.75.
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Bright Scholar Education pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.91%. The dividend payout ratio of Bright Scholar Education is 34.38%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Bright Scholar Education will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.92% next year. This indicates that Bright Scholar Education will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Bright Scholar Education updated its FY 2021 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $545.925-561.131 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $583.01 million.

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(BEDU) raised $135 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, May 18th 2017. The company issued 15,000,000 shares at $8.00-$10.00 per share. Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank Securities acted as the underwriters for the IPO and China Merchants Securities (HK) and BNP Paribas were co-managers.

Bright Scholar Education trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BEDU."

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One share of BEDU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.75.

Bright Scholar Education has a market capitalization of $686.46 million and generates $491.65 million in revenue each year. The company earns $23.51 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.32 on an earnings per share basis.

Bright Scholar Education employs 11,499 workers across the globe.

The official website for Bright Scholar Education is www.brightscholar.com.

Bright Scholar Education is headquartered at No.1 Country Garden RoadBeijiao Town Shunde District, Foshan F4, 528300.

Bright Scholar Education's mailing address is No.1 Country Garden RoadBeijiao Town Shunde District, Foshan F4, 528300. The company can be reached via phone at 86-757-6683-2007 or via email at [email protected]