Benchmark Electronics Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BHE)

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

Benchmark Electronics announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Tuesday, October 15th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 27th. View Benchmark Electronics' Dividend History.

Benchmark Electronics declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, October 30th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 9.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:BHE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 24th. The technology company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.04. The technology company earned $601.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $569.45 million. Benchmark Electronics had a return on equity of 5.43% and a net margin of 2.35%. The business's revenue was down 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.30 earnings per share. View Benchmark Electronics' Earnings History.

Benchmark Electronics is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Benchmark Electronics.

Benchmark Electronics will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Benchmark Electronics issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.21-0.24 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.38. The company issued revenue guidance of $525-55 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $579.90 million.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Benchmark Electronics' shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $34.00. On average, they anticipate Benchmark Electronics' share price to reach $29.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Benchmark Electronics.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Benchmark Electronics in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Benchmark Electronics.

Press coverage about BHE stock has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Benchmark Electronics earned a daily sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Benchmark Electronics.

Benchmark Electronics saw a decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 715,900 shares, a decline of 20.9% from the August 15th total of 905,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 267,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Benchmark Electronics' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Benchmark Electronics investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), SandRidge Permian Trust (PER), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), Navios Maritime Midstream Partners (NAP), Government Properties Income Trust (GOV) and Arlington Asset Investment (AI).

Benchmark Electronics' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Tributary Capital Management LLC (1.51%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (1.21%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.88%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.76%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.43%) and Horrell Capital Management Inc. (0.34%). Company insiders that own Benchmark Electronics stock include Lisa K Weeks and Robert K Gifford. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Benchmark Electronics.

BHE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Horrell Capital Management Inc., Skyline Asset Management LP, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have sold Benchmark Electronics company stock in the last year include Lisa K Weeks and Robert K Gifford. View Insider Buying and Selling for Benchmark Electronics.

BHE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Stephens Inc. AR and Nisa Investment Advisors 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BHE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.63.

Benchmark Electronics has a market capitalization of $1.15 billion and generates $2.57 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $22.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.45 on an earnings per share basis. Benchmark Electronics employs 10,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Benchmark Electronics.

The official website for Benchmark Electronics is http://www.bench.com/.

Benchmark Electronics' mailing address is 56 SOUTH ROCKFORD DRIVE, TEMPE AZ, 85281. The technology company can be reached via phone at 623-300-7000 or via email at [email protected]