NYSE:BYDBoyd Gaming Stock Price, Forecast & News

Boyd Gaming's stock was trading at $18.56 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BYD shares have increased by 6.1% and is now trading at $19.69. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Boyd Gaming in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Boyd Gaming.

Boyd Gaming is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Boyd Gaming.

Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company reported ($0.02) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.28 by $0.30. The company earned $680.53 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $664.46 million. Boyd Gaming had a return on equity of 12.60% and a net margin of 2.95%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 17.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.43 earnings per share. View Boyd Gaming's earnings history.

Boyd Gaming announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 18th. Investors of record on Friday, December 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 26th. View Boyd Gaming's dividend history.

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

14 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Boyd Gaming's shares. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect Boyd Gaming's share price to reach $25.85 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 31.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Boyd Gaming.

Headlines about BYD stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Boyd Gaming earned a news sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutBoyd Gaming.

Boyd Gaming saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,550,000 shares, an increase of 14.4% from the April 30th total of 4,850,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,530,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 6.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Boyd Gaming's Current Options Chain.

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

Boyd Gaming's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.00%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (5.59%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.49%), State Street Corp (2.28%), Par Capital Management Inc. (1.71%) and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.42%). Company insiders that own Boyd Gaming stock include A Randall Thoman, Brian A Larson, Josh Hirsberg, Keith Smith, Marianne Boyd Johnson, Stephen S Thompson, Ted Bogich, 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 Cohen & Steers Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Invesco Ltd., BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Rice Hall James & Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Boyd Gaming company stock in the last year include Brian A Larson, Josh Hirsberg, Stephen S Thompson, and Ted Bogich. View insider buying and selling activity for Boyd Gaming.

BYD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eminence Capital LP, Mason Capital Management LLC, Drexel Morgan & Co., MIK Capital LP, Par Capital Management Inc., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, and Strs Ohio. Company insiders that have bought Boyd Gaming stock in the last two years include A Randall Thoman, William R Boyd, and William S Boyd. View insider buying and selling activity for Boyd Gaming.

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One share of BYD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.69.

Boyd Gaming has a market capitalization of $2.19 billion and generates $3.33 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $157.64 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.79 on an earnings per share basis. Boyd Gaming employs 1,858 workers across the globe.

The official website for Boyd Gaming is 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]