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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. View Boyd Gaming's Dividend History.

Boyd Gaming announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan 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 buy up to 3.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 21st. The company reported $0.32 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.32. The business had revenue of $791.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $774.43 million. Boyd Gaming had a return on equity of 13.41% and a net margin of 4.38%. The company's revenue was up 33.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm 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.

Boyd Gaming will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8883176003.

8 brokerages have issued twelve-month 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 18.7% 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 headlines about BYD stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Boyd Gaming earned a news sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

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Boyd Gaming's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Pier Capital LLC (0.17%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%), Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (0.09%), USA Mutuals Advisors Inc. (0.06%), Beacon Financial Group (0.02%) and Buckley Wealth Management LLC (0.02%). 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 USA Mutuals Advisors Inc., Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama and Buckley Wealth Management LLC. 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 Calamos Advisors LLC, Pier Capital LLC, Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC, Strs Ohio, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Sageworth Trust Co and Beacon Financial Group. 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 $30.80.

Boyd Gaming has a market capitalization of $3.42 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.

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]