Saul Centers Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saul Centers in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Saul Centers stock.
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Saul Centers saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 128,800 shares, a drop of 17.6% from the March 15th total of 156,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 52,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Saul Centers is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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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 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 net margin of 19.59% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.17%.
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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 increased by 5.2% and is now trading at $40.41.
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Saul Centers announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.53 per share on Friday, April 30th. This represents a $2.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 14th.
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Saul Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.31%. BFS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Saul Centers does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Saul Centers is 68.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Saul Centers will have a dividend payout ratio of 71.86% next year. This indicates that Saul Centers will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Saul Centers' stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Saul Centers' share price to reach $50.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.7% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Saul Centers include Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Kimco Realty (KIM), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), National Retail Properties (NNN), Agree Realty (ADC), Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI), Retail Properties of America (RPAI), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), The Macerich (MAC), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Alexander's (ALX) and Getty Realty (GTY).
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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include OLD Dominion Capital Management Inc. (0.22%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). 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, Scott V Schneider and Willoughby B Laycock.
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BFS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OLD Dominion Capital Management Inc., and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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.
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Shares of BFS 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 $40.41.

Saul Centers has a market capitalization of $947.94 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 is headquartered at 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, BETHESDA MD, 20814.

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]