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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 8th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Wednesday, November 21st. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 7th. View Berkshire Hills Bancorp's Dividend History.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:BHLB) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 17th. The savings and loans company reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.70. The savings and loans company had revenue of $118.62 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $120.17 million. Berkshire Hills Bancorp had a net margin of 15.64% and a return on equity of 8.33%. View Berkshire Hills Bancorp's Earnings History.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Berkshire Hills Bancorp.

5 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Berkshire Hills Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $33.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Berkshire Hills Bancorp's share price to reach $40.6250 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.9% 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 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Berkshire Hills Bancorp.

News headlines about BHLB stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Berkshire Hills Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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Berkshire Hills Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.08%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.41%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.35%), LSV Asset Management (2.95%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.66%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.48%). Company insiders that own Berkshire Hills Bancorp stock include James Williar Dunlaevy, John B Davies, Michael D Carroll, Michael P Daly, Patrick J Sheehan, Paul T Bossidy, Richard L Murphy, Richard M Marotta and William J Ryan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Berkshire Hills Bancorp.

BHLB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Teachers Advisors LLC, Nordea Investment Management AB, ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Prudential Financial Inc., Dupont Capital Management Corp and AQR Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Berkshire Hills Bancorp.

BHLB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Vanguard Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Aristotle Capital Boston LLC, Legal & General Group Plc, WBI Investments Inc. and MetLife Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Berkshire Hills Bancorp stock in the last two years include John B Davies, Patrick J Sheehan, Paul T Bossidy, Richard L Murphy and William J Ryan. 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 $29.45.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a market capitalization of $1.45 billion and generates $485.95 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $55.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.29 on an earnings per share basis. Berkshire Hills Bancorp employs 1,970 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]