Briggs & Stratton Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BGG)

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

Briggs & Stratton declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Wednesday, October 2nd. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 17th. View Briggs & Stratton's Dividend History.

Briggs & Stratton declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan 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 reacquire up to 5.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Briggs & Stratton Co. (NYSE:BGG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 15th. The industrial products company reported ($0.36) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.82. The industrial products company had revenue of $471.95 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $519.87 million. Briggs & Stratton had a negative return on equity of 2.61% and a negative net margin of 2.95%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.47 earnings per share. View Briggs & Stratton's Earnings History.

Briggs & Stratton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Briggs & Stratton.

Briggs & Stratton will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Briggs & Stratton updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 15th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.20-0.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.22. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.91-1.97 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.99 billion.

2 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Briggs & Stratton's shares. Their predictions range from $14.00 to $16.00. On average, they expect Briggs & Stratton's stock price to reach $15.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 149.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Briggs & Stratton.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Briggs & Stratton in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Briggs & Stratton.

Media headlines about BGG stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Briggs & Stratton earned a media sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Briggs & Stratton.

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Briggs & Stratton's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%). Company insiders that own Briggs & Stratton stock include Andrea L Golvach, David J Rodgers, Frank M Jaehnert, Jeffrey Michael Zeiler, Rachele Marie Lehr and Todd J Teske. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Briggs & Stratton.

BGG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Briggs & Stratton stock in the last two years include David J Rodgers, Frank M Jaehnert, Jeffrey Michael Zeiler and Rachele Marie Lehr. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BGG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.01.

Briggs & Stratton has a market capitalization of $252.55 million and generates $1.84 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $-54,080,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.32) on an earnings per share basis. Briggs & Stratton employs 5,200 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Briggs & Stratton.

The official website for Briggs & Stratton is http://www.basco.com/.

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.