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 Monday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.06 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.87%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. View Boyd Gaming's Dividend History.

Boyd Gaming declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, December 12th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 3.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) announced its earnings results on Thursday, February, 21st. The company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.32. The company earned $791.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $774.43 million. Boyd Gaming had a net margin of 4.38% and a return on equity of 13.41%. Boyd Gaming's revenue was up 33.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.22 EPS. View Boyd Gaming's Earnings History.

Boyd Gaming is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Boyd Gaming.

8 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Boyd Gaming's shares. Their predictions range from $31.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Boyd Gaming's share price to reach $36.5714 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.9% 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 1 hold rating and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Boyd Gaming.

Headlines about BYD stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Boyd Gaming earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

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Boyd Gaming's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.98%), FMR LLC (5.33%), Valinor Management L.P. (2.41%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.71%), Millennium Management LLC (1.52%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.25%). Company insiders that own Boyd Gaming stock include Brian A Larson, John Robert Bailey, Keith Smith, Marianne Boyd Johnson, Robert L Boughner, Stephen S Thompson, William R Boyd and William S Boyd. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Boyd Gaming.

BYD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sound Point Capital Management LP, Two Sigma Investments LP, Gotham Asset Management LLC, Boston Advisors LLC, Hancock Whitney Corp, Shellback Capital LP, Caxton Associates LP 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 Norges Bank, Millennium Management LLC, FMR LLC, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Valinor Management L.P. and Squarepoint Ops 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 $27.73.

Boyd Gaming has a market capitalization of $3.08 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 19,707 workers across the globe.

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]