Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Banco Santander-Chile in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" BSAC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BSAC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Banco Santander-Chile's stock. Their BSAC share price forecasts range from $16.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $18.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.3% from the stock's current price.
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Banco Santander-Chile's stock was trading at $15.84 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BSAC stock has increased by 15.3% and is now trading at $18.26.
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Banco Santander-Chile saw a drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,220,000 shares, a drop of 7.6% from the August 15th total of 1,320,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 354,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 27th 2023.
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Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) released its earnings results on Friday, August, 4th. The bank reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.01. The bank had revenue of $593.67 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $591.63 million. Banco Santander-Chile had a net margin of 11.26% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.75%.

Banco Santander-Chile announced an annual dividend on Tuesday, April 18th. Investors of record on Friday, January 1st will be paid a dividend of $1.2511 per share on Wednesday, April 19th. This represents a yield of 4.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 19th. This is a boost from the stock's previous annual dividend of $0.91.
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Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.08%. BSAC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 69.85%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BSAC will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.24% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Banco Santander-Chile trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BSAC."

Banco Santander-Chile's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Schroder Investment Management Group (1.52%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.23%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.67%), INCA Investments LLC (0.59%), BlackRock Inc. (0.43%) and Ariel Investments LLC (0.29%).

Shares of BSAC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BSAC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.26.

Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) has a market capitalization of $8.60 billion and generates $5.26 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $871.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.36 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,389 workers across the globe.

Banco Santander-Chile's mailing address is BANDERA 140 20TH FLOOR, SANTIAGO F3, . The official website for the company is www.santander.cl. The bank can be reached via phone at (562) 320-2000 or via email at robert.moreno@santander.cl.