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

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

Saul Centers announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 9th. Investors of record on Friday, January 17th will be given a dividend of $0.53 per share on Friday, January 31st. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 16th. View Saul Centers' Dividend History.

Saul Centers Inc (NYSE:BFS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.35. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $59.75 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $58.21 million. Saul Centers had a return on equity of 20.32% and a net margin of 21.94%. View Saul Centers' Earnings History.

Saul Centers is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Saul Centers.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Saul Centers' shares. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Saul Centers' stock price to reach $58.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Saul Centers.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saul Centers in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Saul Centers.

News articles about BFS stock have been trending very positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Saul Centers earned a daily sentiment score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Saul Centers.

Saul Centers saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 87,800 shares, an increase of 5.0% from the December 15th total of 83,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 47,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Saul Centers' Current Options Chain.

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

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Saul Centers' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.13%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), 6 Meridian (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.01%). 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, John E Chapoton, Mark Sullivan III, 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 Bowling Portfolio Management LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Saul Centers company stock in the last year include Charles W Sherren Jr, Charles W Sherren, Jr, Christopher Netter, Mark Sullivan III and Scott V Schneider. View Insider Buying and Selling for Saul Centers.

BFS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, 6 Meridian and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $56.95.

Saul Centers has a market capitalization of $1.32 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]