NYSE:BHLB - Berkshire Hills Bancorp Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Berkshire Hills Bancorp trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BHLB."

Berkshire Hills Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Thursday, February 28th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.44%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 13th. This is an increase from Berkshire Hills Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. View Berkshire Hills Bancorp's Dividend History.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:BHLB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.03. The savings and loans company earned $114.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $118.05 million. Berkshire Hills Bancorp had a return on equity of 8.44% and a net margin of 18.20%. View Berkshire Hills Bancorp's Earnings History.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Berkshire Hills Bancorp.

5 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Berkshire Hills Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Berkshire Hills Bancorp's stock price to reach $34.6667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Berkshire Hills Bancorp.

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

Press coverage about BHLB stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Berkshire Hills Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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Berkshire Hills Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.61%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.37%), LSV Asset Management (2.96%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.75%), Northern Trust Corp (1.65%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.47%). Company insiders that own Berkshire Hills Bancorp stock include David Brunelle, James Williar Dunlaevy, John B Davies, Michael D Carroll, Michael P Daly, Patrick J Sheehan, Paul T Bossidy, Richard L Murphy, Richard M Marotta, William J Ryan and Wm Gordon Prescott. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Berkshire Hills Bancorp.

BHLB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eagle Asset Management Inc., Foresters Investment Management Company Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Perritt Capital Management Inc., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. and Barclays PLC. Company insiders that have sold Berkshire Hills Bancorp company stock in the last year include Michael D Carroll and Patrick J Sheehan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Berkshire Hills Bancorp.

BHLB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, BlackRock Inc., Peregrine Capital Management LLC, M&T Bank Corp, Two Sigma Investments LP, Geode Capital Management LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC and Rockland Trust Co.. Company insiders that have bought Berkshire Hills Bancorp stock in the last two years include David Brunelle, John B Davies, Patrick J Sheehan, Paul T Bossidy, Richard L Murphy, Richard M Marotta, William J Ryan and Wm Gordon Prescott. View Insider Buying and Selling for Berkshire Hills Bancorp.

Shares of BHLB 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 BHLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.71.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a market capitalization of $1.22 billion and generates $581.06 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $105.76 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.71 on an earnings per share basis. Berkshire Hills Bancorp employs 1,917 workers across the globe.

The official website for Berkshire Hills Bancorp is http://www.berkshirebank.com.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp's mailing address is 60 STATE STREET 38TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA, 02109. The savings and loans company can be reached via phone at 800-773-5601 or via email at [email protected]