NYSE:BFSSaul Centers Stock Price, Forecast & News

Saul Centers' stock was trading at $38.40 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BFS shares have decreased by 22.1% and is now trading at $29.91. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saul Centers in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Saul Centers.

Saul Centers is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Saul Centers.

Saul Centers Inc (NYSE:BFS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share (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 net margin of 22.53% and a return on equity of 19.98%. View Saul Centers' earnings history.

Saul Centers declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.53 per share on Thursday, April 30th. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 15th. View Saul Centers' dividend history.

3 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Saul Centers' shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Saul Centers' share price to reach $47.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 58.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Saul Centers.

News stories about BFS stock have trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Saul Centers earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutSaul Centers.

Saul Centers saw a decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 218,300 shares, a decline of 5.6% from the April 30th total of 231,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 68,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Saul Centers' Current Options Chain.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.68%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (5.08%), State Street Corp (2.40%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.85%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.78%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.75%). Company insiders that own Saul Centers stock include B Francis Saul II, Charles W Sherren Jr, Charles W Sherren, Jr, Christopher Netter, Debra Noreen Stencel, Joel Albert Friedman, John E Chapoton, Mark Sullivan III, Philip D Caraci, Scott V Schneider, Steven N Corey and Willoughby B Laycock. View institutional ownership trends for Saul Centers.

BFS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Martingale Asset Management L P, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, UBS Group AG, and WINTON GROUP Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Saul Centers company stock in the last year include Charles W Sherren, Jr, Christopher Netter, Debra Noreen Stencel, and Scott V Schneider. View insider buying and selling activity for Saul Centers.

BFS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Principal Financial Group Inc., State Street Corp, Virtus ETF Advisers LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, IndexIQ Advisors LLC, CWM Advisors LLC, AXA, and Cohen & Steers Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Saul Centers stock in the last two years include B Francis Saul II, Joel Albert Friedman, and Willoughby B Laycock. View insider buying and selling activity for Saul Centers.

Shares of BFS 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.

One share of BFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.91.

Saul Centers has a market capitalization of $694.51 million and generates $231.52 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $51.72 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.08 on an earnings per share basis. Saul Centers employs 110 workers across the globe.

The official website for Saul Centers is www.saulcenters.com.

Saul Centers' mailing address is 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, BETHESDA MD, 20814. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 301-986-6200 or via email at [email protected]