Berkshire Hills Bancorp - BHLB Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Berkshire Hills Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" BHLB shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BHLB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Berkshire Hills Bancorp's stock. Their BHLB share price forecasts range from $23.00 to $33.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $29.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% from the stock's current price.
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Berkshire Hills Bancorp's stock was trading at $28.43 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, BHLB stock has decreased by 2.5% and is now trading at $27.72.
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Berkshire Hills Bancorp saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,730,000 shares, an increase of 8.1% from the August 31st total of 1,600,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 289,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.0 days. Approximately 3.9% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 20th 2022.
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Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:BHLB) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 20th. The savings and loans company reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.05. The savings and loans company earned $97.71 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $96.78 million. Berkshire Hills Bancorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.08% and a net margin of 28.30%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.44 EPS.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 29th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 11th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Thursday, August 25th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 10th.
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Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE:BHLB) pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.76%. The dividend payout ratio is 18.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BHLB will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.00% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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7 employees have rated Berkshire Hills Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Sean Gray on Glassdoor.com. Sean Gray has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees.

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

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One share of BHLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.72.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE:BHLB) has a market capitalization of $1.27 billion and generates $472.31 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $118.66 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.65 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,319 workers across the globe.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp's mailing address is 60 STATE STREET 38TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA, 02109. The official website for the company is www.berkshirebank.com. The savings and loans company can be reached via phone at (800) 773-5601, via email at investorrelations@berkshirebank.com, or via fax at 413-443-3587.