Saul Centers Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saul Centers in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Saul Centers stock.
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Saul Centers saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 10,400 shares, a decrease of 95.0% from the June 15th total of 209,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 41,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Saul Centers is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 5th 2021.
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Saul Centers, Inc. (NYSE:BFS) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.35. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $59.75 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $58.21 million. Saul Centers had a net margin of 16.47% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.09%.
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Saul Centers' stock was trading at $38.40 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BFS shares have increased by 22.1% and is now trading at $46.89.
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Saul Centers announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 28th. Investors of record on Friday, July 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.55 per share on Friday, July 30th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 15th. This is an increase from Saul Centers's previous quarterly dividend of $0.53.
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Saul Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.82%. BFS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Saul Centers does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Saul Centers is 76.39%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Saul Centers will have a dividend payout ratio of 71.43% next year. This indicates that Saul Centers will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Saul Centers updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.71 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.73. The company issued revenue guidance of $58.72, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $59.46 million.

3 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Saul Centers' shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $51.00. On average, they anticipate Saul Centers' stock price to reach $50.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.7% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Saul Centers include Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Kimco Realty (KIM), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), National Retail Properties (NNN), Agree Realty (ADC), Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI), The Macerich (MAC), Retail Properties of America (RPAI), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Alexander's (ALX) and Getty Realty (GTY).
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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.08%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.04%). Company insiders that own Saul Centers stock include B Francis Saul II, Charles W Sherren, Jr, Debra Noreen Stencel, Joel Albert Friedman and Willoughby B Laycock.
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BFS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and Alliancebernstein L.P..
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BFS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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.
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Shares of BFS 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 $46.89.

Saul Centers has a market capitalization of $1.10 billion and generates $225.21 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $40.38 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.88 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 is headquartered at 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, BETHESDA MD, 20814.

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]