Saul Centers - BFS Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saul Centers in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" BFS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BFS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Saul Centers' shares. Their BFS share price forecasts range from $50.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $51.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 35.9% from the stock's current price.
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Saul Centers' stock was trading at $53.02 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BFS stock has decreased by 28.5% and is now trading at $37.90.
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Saul Centers saw a decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 195,800 shares, a decline of 7.4% from the July 31st total of 211,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 38,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.1 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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Saul Centers, Inc. (NYSE:BFS) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the 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 trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.00% and a net margin of 21.31%.

Saul Centers announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, October 17th will be given a dividend of $0.59 per share on Monday, October 31st. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 14th.
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Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.11%. BFS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 138.01%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, BFS will have a dividend payout ratio of 76.13% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (9.06%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (5.81%), State Street Corp (2.03%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.98%), Northern Trust Corp (0.55%) and Dixon Hubard Feinour & Brown Inc. VA (0.28%). Insiders that own company stock include B Francis Saul II, Carlos Lawrence Heard, Charles W Sherren, Jr, Debra Noreen Stencel, George Patrick Clancy Jr, H Gregory Platts, James Page Lansdale, Joel Albert Friedman, John E Chapoton, John F Collich, Mark Sullivan III and Willoughby B Laycock.
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Shares of BFS stock 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 $37.90.

Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) has a market capitalization of $905.09 million and generates $239.23 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $48.39 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.71 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 113 workers across the globe.

Saul Centers' mailing address is 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, BETHESDA MD, 20814. The official website for the company is www.saulcenters.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (301) 986-6200, via email at deedee.russo@saulcenters.com, or via fax at 301-986-6079.