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

Saul Centers' stock was trading at $38.40 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BFS shares have decreased by 20.4% and is now trading at $30.58. View which stocks have been mosted 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 Thursday, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Saul Centers.

Saul Centers Inc (NYSE:BFS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 EPS 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 analyst estimates of $58.21 million. Saul Centers had a net margin of 22.34% and a return on equity of 20.27%. View Saul Centers' earnings history.

Saul Centers announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 12th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.93%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 15th. View Saul Centers' dividend history.

3 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Saul Centers' shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Saul Centers' share price to reach $56.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 83.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Saul Centers.

News headlines about BFS stock have trended very positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 media sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutSaul Centers.

Saul Centers saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 121,200 shares, an increase of 30.6% from the February 13th total of 92,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 62,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Saul Centers' Current Options Chain.

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

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

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 $30.58.

Saul Centers has a market capitalization of $710.07 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. 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 Suite 1500E, BETHESDA MD, 20814. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 301-986-6200 or via email at [email protected]