Bright Scholar Education Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bright Scholar Education in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "sell" Bright Scholar Education stock.
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Bright Scholar Education saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 68,300 shares, an increase of 267.2% from the March 31st total of 18,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 36,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Bright Scholar Education is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 28th 2021.
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Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited (NYSE:BEDU) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 20th. The company reported ($0.32) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.36. The business earned $124.99 million during the quarter. Bright Scholar Education had a net margin of 4.62% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.63%.
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Bright Scholar Education's stock was trading at $7.86 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BEDU stock has decreased by 47.6% and is now trading at $4.12.
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Bright Scholar Education pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.68%. 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 issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of - for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $554.61 million-$570.06 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $558.58 million.

1 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Bright Scholar Education's shares. Their forecasts range from $2.70 to $2.70. On average, they anticipate Bright Scholar Education's stock price to reach $2.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 34.5%.
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Some companies that are related to Bright Scholar Education include Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Strategic Education (STRA), Hailiang Education Group (HLG), Stride (LRN), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Arco Platform (ARCE), Vasta Platform (VSTA), iHuman (IH), American Public Education (APEI), China Online Education Group (COE), OneSmart International Education Group (ONE), GP Strategies (GPX), Puxin (NEW), Tarena International (TEDU) and Universal Technical Institute (UTI).
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(BEDU) raised $135 million in an IPO 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 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."

Bright Scholar Education's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Indus Capital Partners LLC (3.96%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.29%), BlackRock Inc. (0.16%), Vontobel Holding Ltd. (0.03%) and Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (0.01%).

BEDU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Indus Capital Partners LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, and Vontobel Holding Ltd..

BEDU stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, and BlackRock Inc..

Shares of BEDU 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 BEDU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $4.12.

Bright Scholar Education has a market capitalization of $491.87 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]