Boyd Gaming - BYD Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Boyd Gaming in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" BYD shares.
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13 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Boyd Gaming's stock. Their BYD share price forecasts range from $62.00 to $86.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $73.87 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.7% from the stock's current price.
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Boyd Gaming's stock was trading at $54.53 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, BYD stock has increased by 12.2% and is now trading at $61.19.
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Boyd Gaming saw a decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 3,960,000 shares, a decrease of 7.9% from the February 13th total of 4,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 914,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.3 days. Currently, 5.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 25th 2023.
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Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 2nd. The company reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.45 by $0.27. The company had revenue of $922.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $880.30 million. Boyd Gaming had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 42.63% and a net margin of 17.98%. Boyd Gaming's revenue for the quarter was up 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.35 EPS.

Boyd Gaming announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Saturday, April 15th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 14th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15.
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Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.06%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 10.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BYD will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.47% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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164 employees have rated Boyd Gaming Chief Executive Officer Keith E. Smith on Glassdoor.com. Keith E. Smith has an approval rating of 66% among the company's employees.

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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 Ariel Investments LLC (3.31%), Bamco Inc. NY (1.87%), Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (1.64%), Millennium Management LLC (1.64%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.03%) and Morgan Stanley (0.99%). Insiders that own company stock include A Randall Thoman, Josh Hirsberg, Keith Smith, Marianne Boyd Johnson, Robert L Boughner, Robert L Boughner, Stephen S Thompson, Ted Bogich, Veronica J Wilson, William R Boyd and William S Boyd.
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Shares of BYD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BYD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.19.

Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) has a market capitalization of $6.23 billion and generates $3.56 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $639.38 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.87 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 15,771 workers across the globe.

Boyd Gaming's mailing address is 3883 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY NINTH FLOOR, LAS VEGAS NV, 89169. The official website for the company is www.boydgaming.com. The company can be reached via phone at (702) 792-7200, via email at ir@boydgaming.com, or via fax at 702-792-7313.