NYSE:BYD - Boyd Gaming Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Boyd Gaming declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Monday, July 15th. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 14th. This is an increase from Boyd Gaming's previous quarterly dividend of $0.06. View Boyd Gaming's Dividend History.

Boyd Gaming announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, December 12th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 3.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.01. The company earned $846.13 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $839.64 million. Boyd Gaming had a net margin of 4.18% and a return on equity of 14.13%. Boyd Gaming's quarterly revenue was up 37.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.38 EPS. View Boyd Gaming's Earnings History.

Boyd Gaming is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Boyd Gaming.

9 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Boyd Gaming's stock. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect Boyd Gaming's share price to reach $35.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 52.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Boyd Gaming.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Boyd Gaming in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Boyd Gaming.

Press coverage about BYD stock has trended positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Boyd Gaming earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Boyd Gaming.

Boyd Gaming saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,187,400 shares, an increase of 14.9% from the June 15th total of 6,252,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,140,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.3 days. Approximately 8.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Boyd Gaming's Current Options Chain.

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Boyd Gaming's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.17%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.59%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (3.88%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.90%), Valinor Management L.P. (2.29%) and Par Capital Management Inc. (2.12%). Company insiders that own Boyd Gaming stock include Brian A Larson, Keith Smith, Marianne Boyd Johnson, Robert L Boughner, Stephen S Thompson and William R Boyd. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Boyd Gaming.

BYD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lomas Capital Management LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Highline Capital Management L.P., Maverick Capital Ltd., Man Group plc, Morgan Stanley, Valinor Management L.P. and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL. Company insiders that have sold Boyd Gaming company stock in the last year include Brian A Larson, Keith Smith, Marianne Boyd Johnson and William R Boyd. View Insider Buying and Selling for Boyd Gaming.

BYD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen & Steers Inc., Long Pond Capital LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Boyd Gaming.

Shares of BYD 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 BYD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.45.

Boyd Gaming has a market capitalization of $2.61 billion and generates $2.63 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $115.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.33 on an earnings per share basis. Boyd Gaming employs 23,477 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Boyd Gaming.

The official website for Boyd Gaming is http://www.boydgaming.com/.

Boyd Gaming's mailing address is 3883 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY NINTH FLOOR, LAS VEGAS NV, 89169. The company can be reached via phone at 702-792-7200 or via email at [email protected]