NYSE:BYD - Boyd Gaming Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

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 yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 26th. View Boyd Gaming's Dividend History.

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

Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The company reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.39. The firm earned $819.57 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $829.22 million. Boyd Gaming had a return on equity of 15.34% and a net margin of 4.76%. Boyd Gaming's revenue for the quarter was up 33.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.23 earnings per share. View Boyd Gaming's Earnings History.

Boyd Gaming is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Boyd Gaming.

8 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Boyd Gaming's stock. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $37.00. On average, they expect Boyd Gaming's stock price to reach $31.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% 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 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Boyd Gaming.

Media stories about BYD stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Boyd Gaming earned a coverage optimism score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Boyd Gaming.

Boyd Gaming saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,390,000 shares, a decline of 7.3% from the December 15th total of 6,890,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 893,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.2 days. Approximately 8.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Boyd Gaming's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Boyd Gaming include Las Vegas Sands (LVS), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Churchill Downs (CHDN), International Game Technology (IGT), Penn National Gaming (PENN), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Scientific Games (SGMS), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI) and MTR Gaming Group (MNTG).

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Boyd Gaming's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Three Peaks Capital Management LLC (0.05%), Sciencast Management LP (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%). Company insiders that own Boyd Gaming stock include Brian A Larson, Josh Hirsberg, Keith Smith, Marianne Boyd Johnson, Robert L Boughner, Stephen S Thompson, Ted Bogich and William R Boyd. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Boyd Gaming.

BYD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Boyd Gaming company stock in the last year include Brian A Larson, Josh Hirsberg, Keith Smith, Stephen S Thompson, Ted Bogich and William R Boyd. View Insider Buying and Selling for Boyd Gaming.

BYD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, Sciencast Management LP and Nisa Investment Advisors 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BYD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.26.

Boyd Gaming has a market capitalization of $3.25 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 23,477 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Boyd Gaming.

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]