Saul Centers Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BFS)

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

Saul Centers announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 17th will be given a dividend of $0.53 per share on Thursday, October 31st. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 16th. View Saul Centers' Dividend History.

Saul Centers Inc (NYSE:BFS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.81 by $0.35. The real estate investment trust earned $59.75 million during 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 21.07%. View Saul Centers' Earnings History.

Saul Centers is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Saul Centers.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saul Centers in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Saul Centers.

Media headlines about BFS stock have been trending negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Saul Centers earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Saul Centers.

Saul Centers saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 71,800 shares, a decline of 23.5% from the August 30th total of 93,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 51,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.5% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), Macerich (MAC), Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI), Agree Realty (ADC), Retail Properties of America (RPAI), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Taubman Centers (TCO), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Alexander's (ALX) and Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Saul Centers investors own include Sanderson Farms (SAFM), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Citigroup (C), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), argenx (ARGX), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Echo Global Logistics (ECHO), First Bancorp (FBNC), GALAPAGOS NV/S (GLPG) and Multi-Color (LABL).

Saul Centers' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.11%), Strs Ohio (0.07%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Optimum Investment Advisors (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, James Page Lansdale, 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 Optimum Investment Advisors and Strs Ohio. Company insiders that have sold Saul Centers company stock in the last year include Charles W Sherren Jr, Charles W Sherren, Jr, Christopher Netter, John E Chapoton, Mark Sullivan III and Scott V Schneider. View Insider Buying and Selling for Saul Centers.

BFS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.19.

Saul Centers has a market capitalization of $1.27 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]