NYSE:BEDUBright Scholar Education Holdngs Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Bright Scholar Education Holdngs Ltd-ADR Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $7.57 -0.05 (-0.66 %) (As of 08/7/2020 02:30 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$7.49Now: $7.57▼$7.6750-Day Range$7.18MA: $7.90▼$8.7052-Week Range$5.51Now: $7.57▼$10.21Volume1,154 shsAverage Volume53,665 shsMarket Capitalization$938.07 millionP/E Ratio23.66Dividend Yield1.15%Beta0.95 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesSEC FilingsSocial Media Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited operates K-12 schools in China. Its schools comprise international schools, bilingual schools, and kindergartens. The company also offers a range of complementary education services, including international camps and after-school programs, as well as international education consulting services. As of December 31, 2018, it operated 68 schools across 8 provinces in China. Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited was founded in 1994 and is based in Foshan, China.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingBright Scholar Education Holdngs has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $9.65, Bright Scholar Education Holdngs has a potential upside of 26.5% from its current price of $7.63.Amount of Analyst CoverageBright Scholar Education Holdngs has received no research coverage in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.2 Community Rank Outperform VotesBright Scholar Education Holdngs has received 210 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesBright Scholar Education Holdngs has received 257 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentBright Scholar Education Holdngs has received 55.03% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Bright Scholar Education Holdngs and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe BEDU will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe BEDU will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldBright Scholar Education Holdngs has a dividend yield of 1.15%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthBright Scholar Education Holdngs does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Bright Scholar Education Holdngs is 30.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Bright Scholar Education Holdngs will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.36% next year. This indicates that Bright Scholar Education Holdngs will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 0.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Bright Scholar Education Holdngs insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InstitutionsOnly 10.41% of the stock of Bright Scholar Education Holdngs is held by institutions. Previous Next 2.5 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Bright Scholar Education Holdngs are expected to grow by 44.74% in the coming year, from $0.38 to $0.55 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Bright Scholar Education Holdngs is 23.84, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 17.94.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Bright Scholar Education Holdngs is 23.84, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 54.43.Price to Book Value per Share RatioBright Scholar Education Holdngs has a P/B Ratio of 2.19. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.0Community Rank: 2.2Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 0.0Valuation: 2.5 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.87 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Educational services Sub-IndustryN/A SectorConsumer Discretionary Current SymbolNYSE:BEDU Previous SymbolNASDAQ:BEDU CUSIPN/A CIK1696355 Webwww.brightscholar.com Phone86-757-6683-2007Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.67 Current Ratio1.45 Quick Ratio1.44Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio23.66 Forward P/E Ratio19.92 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$358.25 million Price / Sales2.62 Cash Flow$0.44 per share Price / Cash Flow17.16 Book Value$3.48 per share Price / Book2.18Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.30 Net Income$33.70 million Net Margins7.72% Return on Equity9.50% Return on Assets3.22%Miscellaneous Employees10,366 Outstanding Shares123,920,000Market Cap$938.07 million Next Earnings Date11/5/2020 (Estimated) OptionableNot Optionable $7.57 -0.05 (-0.66 %) (As of 08/7/2020 02:30 PM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive BEDU News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for BEDU and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Bright Scholar Education Holdngs (NYSE:BEDU) Frequently Asked Questions How has Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' 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 3.7% and is now trading at $7.57. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Bright Scholar Education Holdngs? 2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bright Scholar Education Holdngs in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Bright Scholar Education Holdngs. When is Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' next earnings date? Bright Scholar Education Holdngs is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Bright Scholar Education Holdngs. How were Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' earnings last quarter? Bright Scholar Education Holdngs Ltd-ADR (NYSE:BEDU) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 22nd. The company reported $0.10 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.08. The business earned $103.63 million during the quarter. Bright Scholar Education Holdngs had a net margin of 7.72% and a return on equity of 9.50%. View Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' earnings history. How often does Bright Scholar Education Holdngs pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Bright Scholar Education Holdngs? Bright Scholar Education Holdngs announced a -- dividend on Friday, September 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.088 per share on Friday, October 11th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 27th. View Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' dividend history. What guidance has Bright Scholar Education Holdngs issued on next quarter's earnings? Bright Scholar Education Holdngs issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 22nd. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $472.333-486.349 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $487.51 million. What price target have analysts set for BEDU? 2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' stock. Their forecasts range from $9.50 to $9.80. On average, they anticipate Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' share price to reach $9.65 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Bright Scholar Education Holdngs. Has Bright Scholar Education Holdngs been receiving favorable news coverage? Headlines about BEDU stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Bright Scholar Education Holdngs earned a daily sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Bright Scholar Education Holdngs. Are investors shorting Bright Scholar Education Holdngs? Bright Scholar Education Holdngs saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 76,800 shares, a drop of 5.5% from the July 15th total of 81,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 45,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company's shares are sold short. View Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' Current Options Chain. Who are some of Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' key competitors? Some companies that are related to Bright Scholar Education Holdngs include Strategic Education (STRA), Laureate Education (LAUR), Afya (AFYA), Graham (GHC), K12 (LRN), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Hailiang Education Group (HLG), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Puxin (NEW), Arco Platform (ARCE), OneSmart International Edun Gr (ONE), China Online Education Group (COE), American Public Education (APEI), China Distance Education (DL) and Universal Technical Institute (UTI). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Bright Scholar Education Holdngs own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Bright Scholar Education Holdngs investors own include TAL Education Group (TAL), YY (YY), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Mastercard (MA), NVIDIA (NVDA), PGT Innovations (PGTI), AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), China Distance Education (DL) and Consolidated Edison (ED). Who are Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' key executives? Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' management team includes the following people: Mr. Derek Feng, Chief Exec. Officer (Age 53)Mr. Junli He, Exec. Vice Chairman (Age 45)Ms. Dongmei Li, Chief Financial Officer (Age 50)Ms. Ruby Yim, Investor Relations Counsel When did Bright Scholar Education Holdngs IPO? (BEDU) raised $135 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, May 18th 2017. The company issued 15,000,000 shares at a price of $8.00-$10.00 per share. Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank Securities served as the underwriters for the IPO and China Merchants Securities (HK) and BNP Paribas were co-managers. What is Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' stock symbol? Bright Scholar Education Holdngs trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BEDU." Who are Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' major shareholders? Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.03%). Which institutional investors are buying Bright Scholar Education Holdngs stock? BEDU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. How do I buy shares of Bright Scholar Education Holdngs? Shares of BEDU 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. What is Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' stock price today? One share of BEDU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.57. How big of a company is Bright Scholar Education Holdngs? Bright Scholar Education Holdngs has a market capitalization of $938.07 million and generates $358.25 million in revenue each year. The company earns $33.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.30 on an earnings per share basis. Bright Scholar Education Holdngs employs 10,366 workers across the globe. What is Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' official website? The official website for Bright Scholar Education Holdngs is www.brightscholar.com. How can I contact Bright Scholar Education Holdngs? Bright Scholar Education Holdngs' mailing address is No.1 Country Garden RoadBeijiao Town Shunde District, Foshan F4, 528300. 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