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 announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 4th. Investors of record on Friday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. View Boyd Gaming's Dividend History.

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

Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 21st. The company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.32. The firm had revenue of $791.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $774.43 million. Boyd Gaming had a return on equity of 13.41% and a net margin of 4.38%. Boyd Gaming's quarterly revenue was up 33.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.22 earnings per share. 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 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Boyd Gaming's shares. Their predictions range from $31.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Boyd Gaming's stock price to reach $36.5714 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.0% 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.

News coverage about BYD stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, 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 gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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Boyd Gaming's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 $27.92.

Boyd Gaming has a market capitalization of $3.10 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]