NYSE:BID - Sothebys Stock Price, Price Target & More

Sothebys trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BID."

Sothebys announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Sothebys (NYSE:BID) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.09 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.21) by $0.30. The specialty retailer had revenue of $195.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $141 million. Sothebys had a net margin of 12.39% and a return on equity of 24.21%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted ($0.12) EPS. View Sothebys' Earnings History.

Sothebys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Sothebys.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Sothebys' shares. Their predictions range from $60.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect Sothebys' share price to reach $62.3333 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Sothebys.

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News articles about BID stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Sothebys earned a daily sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the specialty retailer an impact score of 46.47 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Sothebys' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.98%), Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd (3.72%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.88%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (2.60%), Paradice Investment Management LLC (2.08%) and OppenheimerFunds Inc. (1.72%). Company insiders that own Sothebys stock include Adam Chinn, Kevin M Delaney and Olivier Reza. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Sothebys.

BID stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, Cortina Asset Management LLC, Westfield Capital Management Co. LP, Pinnacle Associates Ltd., California Public Employees Retirement System, ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta as represented by Alberta Investment Management Corp and A.R.T. Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Sothebys company stock in the last year include Kevin M Delaney and Olivier Reza. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sothebys.

BID stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Matarin Capital Management LLC, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Sandler Capital Management, RWC Asset Management LLP and Millennium Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Sothebys stock in the last two years include Adam Chinn and Olivier Reza. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sothebys.

Shares of BID 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 BID stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.69.

Sothebys has a market capitalization of $3.06 billion and generates $989.39 million in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $118.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.25 on an earnings per share basis. Sothebys employs 1,662 workers across the globe.

Sothebys' mailing address is 1334 YORK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10021. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 212-606-7000 or via email at [email protected]