NYSE:BFS - Saul Centers Stock Price, Forecast & News

Saul Centers trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BFS."

Saul Centers announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 17th will be given a dividend of $0.53 per share on Friday, January 31st. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 16th. View Saul Centers' Dividend History.

Saul Centers Inc (NYSE:BFS) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' 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 return on equity of 20.32% and a net margin of 21.94%. View Saul Centers' Earnings History.

3 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Saul Centers' stock. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Saul Centers' share price to reach $59.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Saul Centers.

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.

Media headlines about BFS stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Saul Centers earned a news sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Saul Centers.

Saul Centers saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 87,800 shares, an increase of 5.0% from the December 31st total of 83,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 48,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View Saul Centers' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Saul Centers include Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Regency Centers (REG), National Retail Properties (NNN), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI), Agree Realty (ADC), Taubman Centers (TCO), Macerich (MAC), Retail Properties of America (RPAI), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Alexander's (ALX) and Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG).

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Saul Centers' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Principal Financial Group Inc. (4.17%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.43%), State Street Corp (2.19%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.81%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.69%) and Panagora Asset Management Inc. (0.49%). 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, John E Chapoton, Mark Sullivan III, Philip D Caraci, Scott V Schneider and Steven N Corey. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Saul Centers.

BFS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, Oxford Asset Management LLP, New York State Common Retirement Fund, First Trust Advisors LP, Arizona State Retirement System, Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Stifel Financial Corp. Company insiders that have sold Saul Centers company stock in the last year include Charles W Sherren Jr, Charles W Sherren, Jr, Christopher Netter, Debra Noreen Stencel, Mark Sullivan III and Scott V Schneider. View Insider Buying and Selling for Saul Centers.

BFS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jefferies Group LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Man Group plc, Martingale Asset Management L P, Bank of Montreal Can, Panagora Asset Management Inc. and Vestcor Investment Management Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $47.98.

Saul Centers has a market capitalization of $1.11 billion and generates $227.90 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $50.55 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.11 on an earnings per share basis. Saul Centers employs 110 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Saul Centers.

The official website for Saul Centers is http://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]