Boyd Gaming (BYD) Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Boyd Gaming in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" BYD shares.
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11 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Boyd Gaming's stock. Their BYD share price forecasts range from $62.00 to $86.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $75.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price.
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Boyd Gaming's stock was trading at $54.53 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, BYD stock has increased by 21.6% and is now trading at $66.30.
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Boyd Gaming saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,690,000 shares, a decrease of 8.2% from the April 15th total of 4,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 944,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.9 days. Approximately 4.9% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 25th 2023.
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Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 25th. The company reported $1.71 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.51 by $0.20. The firm earned $963.97 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $889.59 million. Boyd Gaming had a net margin of 18.48% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 43.15%. The firm's revenue was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.40 EPS.

Boyd Gaming declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Saturday, July 15th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) stock in their portfolio include AdvisorShares Hotel ETF (BEDZ), AdvisorShares Vice ETF (VICE), iBET Sports Betting & Gaming ETF (IBET), LeaderShares AlphaFactor Tactical Focused ETF (LSAT), Invesco Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment ETF (PEJ), Roundhill Sports Betting & iGaming ETF (BETZ), B.A.D. Etf (BAD) and VanEck Gaming ETF (BJK).

Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.99%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 10.08%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BYD will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.85% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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164 employees have rated Boyd Gaming Chief Executive Officer Keith E. Smith on Glassdoor.com. Keith E. Smith has an approval rating of 66% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Boyd Gaming investors own include Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), Hawkins (HWKN), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), MGM Resorts International (MGM), AT&T (T), CVS Health (cvs), Intel (INTC) and Delta Air Lines (DAL).

Boyd Gaming trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BYD."

Boyd Gaming's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.62%), FMR LLC (2.32%), State Street Corp (2.23%), Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (1.36%), Boston Partners (1.27%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.23%). Insiders that own company stock include A Randall Thoman, Josh Hirsberg, Keith Smith, Marianne Boyd Johnson, Robert L Boughner, Robert L Boughner, Stephen S Thompson, Ted Bogich, Veronica J Wilson, William R Boyd and William S Boyd.
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Shares of BYD 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 BYD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.30.

Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) has a market capitalization of $6.70 billion and generates $3.56 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $639.38 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.35 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 15,771 workers across the globe.

Boyd Gaming's mailing address is 3883 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY NINTH FLOOR, LAS VEGAS NV, 89169. The official website for the company is www.boydgaming.com. The company can be reached via phone at (702) 792-7200, via email at ir@boydgaming.com, or via fax at 702-792-7313.