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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 8th. Investors of record on Friday, June 29th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Thursday, July 12th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.97%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 28th. View Benchmark Electronics' Dividend History.

Benchmark Electronics announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, March 8th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:BHE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 7th. The technology company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' 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 EPS estimate of $0.43. The company issued revenue guidance of $590-$630 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $634.78 million.

3 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Benchmark Electronics' shares. Their forecasts 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 drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 581,167 shares, a drop of 48.3% from the April 30th total of 1,123,959 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 335,373 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Benchmark Electronics' Current Options Chain.

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News stories about BHE stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing 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 news sentiment score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the technology company an impact score of 45.58 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Benchmark Electronics' stock is owned by a number of 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 bought 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 $30.40.

Benchmark Electronics has a market capitalization of $1.40 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]