NYSE:BHE - Benchmark Electronics Stock Price, Price Target & More

Benchmark Electronics trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BHE."

Benchmark Electronics declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 29th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Wednesday, April 11th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.17%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 28th. View Benchmark Electronics' Dividend History.

Benchmark Electronics declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, March 8th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 7th. The technology company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.12. The technology company had revenue of $679.86 million for the quarter. Benchmark Electronics had a positive return on equity of 6.17% and a negative net margin of 2.60%. View Benchmark Electronics' Earnings History.

Benchmark Electronics is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Benchmark Electronics.

Benchmark Electronics issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.26-$0.34 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.43. The company issued revenue guidance of $590-$630 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $634.78 million.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Benchmark Electronics' shares. Their predictions range from $36.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate Benchmark Electronics' share price to reach $36.6667 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Benchmark Electronics.

Benchmark Electronics saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 581,167 shares, a decline of 48.3% from the April 30th total of 1,123,959 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 335,373 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

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Media coverage about BHE stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Benchmark Electronics earned a media sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the technology company an impact score of 46.69 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Benchmark Electronics' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.20%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.62%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.70%), Northern Trust Corp (3.50%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.98%) and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (1.31%). Company insiders that own Benchmark Electronics stock include Clay C Williams, Donald Francis Adam, Douglas G Duncan, Gayla J Delly, Jon J King and Scott R Peterson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Benchmark Electronics.

BHE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., BlackRock Inc., Federated Investors Inc. PA, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH and GSA Capital Partners LLP. Company insiders that have sold Benchmark Electronics company stock in the last year include Donald Francis Adam, Douglas G Duncan and Scott R Peterson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Benchmark Electronics.

BHE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Matarin Capital Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Prudential Financial Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Victory Capital Management Inc., Hsbc Holdings PLC and Algert Global LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Benchmark Electronics.

Shares of BHE 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 BHE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.70.

Benchmark Electronics has a market capitalization of $1.32 billion and generates $2.47 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $-31,960,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.61 on an earnings per share basis. Benchmark Electronics employs 10,600 workers across the globe.

Benchmark Electronics' mailing address is 4141 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD, SCOTTSDALE AZ, 85251. The technology company can be reached via phone at 623-300-7000 or via email at [email protected]