Boyd Gaming Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BYD)

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

Boyd Gaming declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 17th. Investors of record on Friday, September 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Tuesday, October 15th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.07%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 26th. View Boyd Gaming's Dividend History.

Boyd Gaming declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, December 12th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 3.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.39. The business had revenue of $819.57 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $829.22 million. Boyd Gaming had a return on equity of 14.13% and a net margin of 4.18%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 33.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.23 EPS. View Boyd Gaming's Earnings History.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Boyd Gaming's stock. Their predictions range from $8.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Boyd Gaming's stock price to reach $31.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Boyd Gaming.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Boyd Gaming in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Boyd Gaming.

News coverage about BYD stock has trended negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Boyd Gaming earned a media sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Boyd Gaming.

Boyd Gaming saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 7,260,000 shares, an increase of 5.2% from the August 30th total of 6,900,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,110,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.5 days. Currently, 9.2% 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.03%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%), Fox Run Management L.L.C. (0.02%) and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.02%). 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 SignalPoint Asset Management LLC, Buckley Wealth Management LLC, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Landsberg Bennett & Dubbaneh LLC and State of Michigan Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Boyd Gaming company stock in the last year include Brian A Larson, Keith Smith and William R Boyd. View Insider Buying and Selling for Boyd Gaming.

BYD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Fox Run Management L.L.C. and Nisa Investment Advisors 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BYD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.16.

Boyd Gaming has a market capitalization of $2.91 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]