Saul Centers (BFS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saul Centers in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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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2 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Saul Centers' shares. Their BFS share price forecasts range from $42.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $46.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.9% from the stock's current price.
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Saul Centers' stock was trading at $40.68 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BFS shares have decreased by 14.3% and is now trading at $34.87.
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Saul Centers saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 123,700 shares, a drop of 10.4% from the April 30th total of 138,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 39,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.2 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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Saul Centers, Inc. (NYSE:BFS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.35. The real estate investment trust earned $59.75 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $58.21 million. Saul Centers had a net margin of 20.40% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.85%.

Saul Centers declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 9th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.59 per share on Friday, April 28th. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) stock in their portfolio include ALPS REIT Dividend Dogs ETF (RDOG), Cambria Global Real Estate ETF (BLDG), Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF), Inspire Small/Mid Cap ETF (ISMD), U.S. Diversified Real Estate ETF (PPTY), iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF (USRT) and JPMorgan BetaBuilders MSCI US REIT ETF (BBRE).

Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.60%. 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 143.90%. 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 75.16% 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.23%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (5.48%), State Street Corp (2.10%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.13%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.89%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.83%). Insiders that own company stock include B Francis Saul II, Carlos Lawrence Heard, David Todd Pearson, George Patrick Clancy Jr, H Gregory Platts, James Page Lansdale, Joel Albert Friedman, John E Chapoton, John F Collich and Mark Sullivan III.
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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 $34.87.

Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) has a market capitalization of $834.44 million and generates $245.86 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $50.19 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.64 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.