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

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

Saul Centers announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 17th will be given a dividend of $0.53 per share on Wednesday, July 31st. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 16th. View Saul Centers' Dividend History.

Saul Centers Inc (NYSE:BFS) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 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 analysts' expectations of $58.21 million. Saul Centers had a return on equity of 21.07% and a net margin of 22.34%. View Saul Centers' Earnings History.

Saul Centers is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Saul Centers.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saul Centers in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Saul Centers.

News articles about BFS stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Saul Centers earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Saul Centers.

Saul Centers saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 64,800 shares, an increase of 20.9% from the June 30th total of 53,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 48,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Saul Centers' Current Options Chain.

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Saul Centers' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.72%), BlackRock Inc. (8.71%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.17%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.18%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.02%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.92%). 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, Donald A Hachey, James Page Lansdale, John E Chapoton, Mark Sullivan III, Patrick F Noonan, 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., AXA, Morgan Stanley, First Trust Advisors LP, Citadel Advisors LLC, BlackRock Inc., Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America and Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Saul Centers company stock in the last year include Charles W Sherren Jr, Christopher Netter, Debra Noreen Stencel, John E Chapoton, Mark Sullivan III, Philip D Caraci 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Menta Capital LLC, Bessemer Group Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. and Susquehanna International Group LLP. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.59.

Saul Centers has a market capitalization of $1.19 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]