NYSE:BYDBoyd Gaming Stock Price, Forecast & News

Boyd Gaming's stock was trading at $18.56 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BYD stock has decreased by 0.9% and is now trading at $18.39. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Boyd Gaming in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 11 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 the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.30. The firm earned $680.53 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $664.46 million. Boyd Gaming had a net margin of 2.95% and a return on equity of 12.60%. The company's revenue was down 17.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 26th. View Boyd Gaming's dividend history.

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

15 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Boyd Gaming's stock. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $39.00. On average, they anticipate Boyd Gaming's stock price to reach $24.92 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 35.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Boyd Gaming.

Headlines about BYD stock have been trending neutral on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Boyd Gaming.

Boyd Gaming saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,430,000 shares, a decrease of 5.4% from the June 15th total of 6,800,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,740,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 8.0% of the company's shares are sold short. 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.01%). 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. Company insiders that have sold Boyd Gaming company stock in the last year include Brian A Larson, Josh Hirsberg, Marianne Boyd Johnson, Stephen S Thompson, and Ted Bogich. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $18.39.

Boyd Gaming has a market capitalization of $2.05 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]