NYSE:BGG - Briggs & Stratton Stock Price, Price Target & More

Briggs & Stratton trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BGG."

Briggs & Stratton declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.07%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 14th. View Briggs & Stratton's Dividend History.

Briggs & Stratton declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, April 25th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 5.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Briggs & Stratton Co. (NYSE:BGG) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 25th. The industrial products company reported $0.84 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.01. The industrial products company earned $604 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $616.19 million. Briggs & Stratton had a net margin of 1.09% and a return on equity of 10.11%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.83 EPS. View Briggs & Stratton's Earnings History.

Briggs & Stratton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 15th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Briggs & Stratton.

Briggs & Stratton issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.33-1.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.54. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.92 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.45-1.62.

3 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Briggs & Stratton's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Briggs & Stratton's stock price to reach $26.00 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Briggs & Stratton.

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Media coverage about BGG stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Briggs & Stratton earned a news impact score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the industrial products company an impact score of 45.49 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Briggs & Stratton's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.50%), LSV Asset Management (5.39%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (2.45%), Northern Trust Corp (2.09%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.99%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (1.01%). Company insiders that own Briggs & Stratton stock include Andrea L Golvach, David J Rodgers, Frank M Jaehnert, Harold L Redman, Todd J Teske and William H Reitman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Briggs & Stratton.

BGG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Harvest Capital Strategies LLC, UBS Group AG, BlackRock Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Guggenheim Capital LLC, American International Group Inc. and Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Briggs & Stratton company stock in the last year include Andrea L Golvach, David J Rodgers, Todd J Teske and William H Reitman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Briggs & Stratton.

BGG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundry Partners LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Millennium Management LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Augustine Asset Management Inc., ClariVest Asset Management LLC and Mackay Shields LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Briggs & Stratton.

Shares of BGG 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 BGG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.23.

Briggs & Stratton has a market capitalization of $780.35 million and generates $1.79 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $56.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.31 on an earnings per share basis. Briggs & Stratton employs 5,300 workers across the globe.

Briggs & Stratton's mailing address is 12301 WEST WIRTH STREET, WAUWATOSA WI, 53222. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 414-259-5333.