Saul Centers - BFS Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saul Centers in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" BFS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BFS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Saul Centers' shares. Their BFS share price forecasts range from $47.00 to $50.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $48.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.8% from the stock's current price.
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Saul Centers' stock was trading at $53.02 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BFS stock has decreased by 22.3% and is now trading at $41.18.
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Saul Centers saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 158,000 shares, a drop of 10.7% from the October 31st total of 176,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 37,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 23rd 2023.
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Saul Centers, Inc. (NYSE:BFS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.81 by $0.35. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $59.75 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $58.21 million. Saul Centers had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.67% and a net margin of 20.75%.

Saul Centers declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, October 17th will be given a dividend of $0.59 per share on Monday, October 31st. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 14th.
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Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.76%. BFS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 143.03%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, BFS will have a dividend payout ratio of 76.13% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Saul Centers trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BFS."

Saul Centers' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.10%), BlackRock Inc. (8.35%), State Street Corp (1.95%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.91%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.89%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.89%). Insiders that own company stock include B Francis Saul II, Carlos Lawrence Heard, Debra Noreen Stencel, George Patrick Clancy Jr, H Gregory Platts, James Page Lansdale, Joel Albert Friedman, John E Chapoton, John F Collich, Mark Sullivan III and Willoughby B Laycock.
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Shares of BFS 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 BFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.18.

Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) has a market capitalization of $984.00 million and generates $239.23 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $48.39 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.65 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 113 workers across the globe.

Saul Centers' mailing address is 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, BETHESDA MD, 20814. The official website for the company is www.saulcenters.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (301) 986-6200, via email at deedee.russo@saulcenters.com, or via fax at 301-986-6079.