NYSE:BFSSaul Centers Stock Price, Forecast & News

Saul Centers' stock was trading at $38.40 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BFS stock has 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 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 analysts' expectations of $58.21 million. Saul Centers had a return on equity of 19.98% and a net margin of 22.53%. View Saul Centers' earnings history.

Saul Centers declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 12th. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 15th. View Saul Centers' dividend history.

3 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Saul Centers' shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate 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.

Press coverage about BFS stock has been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Saul Centers earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutSaul Centers.

Saul Centers saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 218,300 shares, a drop of 5.6% from the April 30th total of 231,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 68,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 variety of institutional and retail 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]