NYSE:BFSSaul Centers Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Saul Centers Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add Add Compare Share Today's Range N/A50-Day Range$29.74MA: $31.27▼$33.8252-Week Range N/AVolume29,475 shsAverage Volume50,334 shsMarket Capitalization$730.80 millionP/E Ratio10.98Dividend Yield6.73%Beta0.98 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial Media Saul Centers, Inc. is a self-managed, self-administered equity REIT headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, which currently operates and manages a real estate portfolio of 60 properties which includes (a) 56 community and neighborhood shopping centers and seven mixed-use properties with approximately 9.3 million square feet of leasable area and (b) four land and development properties. Over 85% of the Saul Centers' property operating income is generated by properties in the metropolitan Washington, DC/Baltimore area.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingSaul Centers has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $47.33, Saul Centers has a potential upside of ∞ from its current price of $0.00.Amount of Analyst CoverageSaul Centers has received no research coverage in the past 90 days. Previous Next 1.9 Community Rank Outperform VotesSaul Centers has received 215 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesSaul Centers has received 354 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentSaul Centers has received 62.21% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Saul Centers and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe BFS will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe BFS will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 3.3 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipSaul Centers is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.73%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthSaul Centers has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Saul Centers is 68.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Saul Centers will have a dividend payout ratio of 69.74% next year. This indicates that Saul Centers will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 5.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Saul Centers insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $311,180.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders50.10% of the stock of Saul Centers is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.Percentage Held by Institutions47.87% of the stock of Saul Centers is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 1.9 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Saul Centers are expected to grow by 6.29% in the coming year, from $2.86 to $3.04 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Saul Centers is 10.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 15.67.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Saul Centers is 10.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 14.25. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.0Community Rank: 1.9Dividend Strength: 3.3Insider Behavior: 5.0Valuation: 1.9 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™3.02 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Real estate investment trusts Sub-IndustryRetail REITs SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:BFS Previous Symbol CUSIP80439510 CIK907254 Webwww.saulcenters.com Phone301-986-6200Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio4.64 Current Ratio4.10 Quick Ratio4.10Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio10.98 Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$231.52 million Price / Sales0.00 Cash FlowN/A Price / Cash Flow7.31 Book Value$11.18 per share Price / BookN/AProfitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$3.08 Net Income$51.72 million Net Margins20.84% Return on Equity18.13% Return on Assets2.83%Miscellaneous Employees110 Outstanding Shares23,200,000Market Cap$730.80 million Next Earnings Date11/5/2020 (Estimated) OptionableNot Optionable 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive BFS News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for BFS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) Frequently Asked Questions Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of 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. When is Saul Centers' next earnings date? Saul Centers is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Saul Centers. How were Saul Centers' earnings last quarter? Saul Centers Inc (NYSE:BFS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share 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 the consensus estimate of $58.21 million. Saul Centers had a net margin of 20.84% and a return on equity of 18.13%. View Saul Centers' earnings history. How often does Saul Centers pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Saul Centers? Saul Centers announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 17th will be given a dividend of $0.53 per share on Friday, July 31st. This represents a $2.12 annualized dividend and a yield of ∞. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 16th. View Saul Centers' dividend history. What price target have analysts set for BFS? 3 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Saul Centers' shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Saul Centers' stock price to reach $47.33 in the next twelve months. View analysts' price targets for Saul Centers. Has Saul Centers been receiving favorable news coverage? News articles about BFS stock have been trending very positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Saul Centers earned a news impact score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Saul Centers. Are investors shorting Saul Centers? Saul Centers saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 139,500 shares, a decline of 18.2% from the July 15th total of 170,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 57,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Saul Centers' Short Interest. Who are some of Saul Centers' key competitors? 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), Retail Properties of America (RPAI), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Alexander's (ALX), Macerich (MAC), Getty Realty (GTY) and Acadia Realty Trust (AKR). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Saul Centers own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Saul Centers investors own include Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Mastercard (MA), Boeing (BA), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), PepsiCo (PEP), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), American Tower (AMT), Anthem (ANTM) and AvalonBay Communities (AVB). Who are Saul Centers' key executives? Saul Centers' management team includes the following people: Mr. Bernard Francis Saul II, Chairman & CEO (Age 86)Mr. James Page Lansdale, Pres, COO & Director (Age 62)Mr. Scott V. Schneider, Sr. VP, CFO, Treasurer & Sec. (Age 61)Mr. Christopher H. Netter, Sr. VP of Retail Leasing (Age 64)Mr. John F. Collich, Sr. VP of Acquisitions & Devel. (Age 59) What is Saul Centers' stock symbol? Saul Centers trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BFS." Who are Saul Centers' major shareholders? Saul Centers' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Principal Financial Group Inc. (5.02%), WINTON GROUP Ltd (0.31%), Swiss National Bank (0.13%), Virtus ETF Advisers LLC (0.13%), Bessemer Group Inc. (0.11%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.10%). 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, John E Chapoton, Mark Sullivan III, Philip D Caraci, Scott V Schneider, Steven N Corey and Willoughby B Laycock. View institutional ownership trends for Saul Centers. Which major investors are selling Saul Centers stock? BFS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Principal Financial Group Inc., Bessemer Group Inc., Virtus ETF Advisers LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, UBS Group AG, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, and Texas Permanent School Fund. Company insiders that have sold Saul Centers company stock in the last year include Charles W Sherren, Jr, and Debra Noreen Stencel. View insider buying and selling activity for Saul Centers. Which major investors are buying Saul Centers stock? BFS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WINTON GROUP Ltd, State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Denali Advisors LLC, Swiss National Bank, SG Americas Securities LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and New York State Common Retirement Fund. 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. View insider buying and selling activity for Saul Centers. How do I buy shares of 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. How big of a company is Saul Centers? Saul Centers has a market capitalization of $0.00 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. What is Saul Centers' official website? The official website for Saul Centers is www.saulcenters.com. How can I contact Saul Centers? 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] This page was last updated on 8/10/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. 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