Saul Centers - BFS Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saul Centers in the last twelve months. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Saul Centers' shares. Their BFS share price forecasts range from $53.00 to $56.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $54.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.8% from the stock's current price.
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Saul Centers' stock was trading at $53.02 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, BFS shares have decreased by 6.4% and is now trading at $49.64.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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Saul Centers, Inc. (NYSE:BFS) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share 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 the consensus estimate of $58.21 million. Saul Centers had a net margin of 21.31% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.00%.

Saul Centers declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.59 per share on Friday, July 29th. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 14th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.57.
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Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.69%. 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 138.01%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, BFS will have a dividend payout ratio of 73.98% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Principal Financial Group Inc. (5.81%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.98%), Northern Trust Corp (0.55%), Dixon Hubard Feinour & Brown Inc. VA (0.28%), Brown Advisory Inc. (0.26%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.21%). Insiders that own company stock include B Francis Saul II, Carlos Lawrence Heard, Charles W Sherren, Jr, 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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One share of BFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.64.

Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) has a market capitalization of $1.19 billion 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 $1.71 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.