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

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

Saul Centers announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 22nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 17th will be given a dividend of $0.52 per share on Tuesday, July 31st. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.84%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 16th. View Saul Centers' Dividend History.

Saul Centers Inc (NYSE:BFS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.02. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $52.38 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $51.37 million. Saul Centers had a net margin of 21.35% and a return on equity of 23.94%. View Saul Centers' Earnings History.

Saul Centers is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Saul Centers.

3 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Saul Centers' stock. Their predictions range from $55.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Saul Centers' share price to reach $56.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Saul Centers.

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.

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Media coverage about BFS stock has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Saul Centers earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Saul Centers.

Saul Centers' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.10%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.66%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.04%), Northern Trust Corp (1.00%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.92%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.90%). 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, Donald A Hachey, James Page Lansdale, Joel Albert Friedman, John E Chapoton, John F Collich, John R Whitmore, Patrick F Noonan, 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 Millennium Management LLC, Brown Advisory Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, Bank of America Corp DE, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Arizona State Retirement System and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have sold Saul Centers company stock in the last year include Charles W Sherren Jr, Christopher Netter, Debra Noreen Stencel, Donald A Hachey, James Page Lansdale, Patrick F Noonan, Philip D Caraci, Scott V Schneider and Steven N Corey. View Insider Buying and Selling for Saul Centers.

BFS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Wendell David Associates Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $54.22.

Saul Centers has a market capitalization of $1.24 billion and generates $227.29 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $48.25 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.18 on an earnings per share basis. Saul Centers employs 65 workers across the globe.

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]