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 Friday, December 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 28th will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share on Tuesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 27th. View Boyd Gaming's Dividend History.

Boyd Gaming declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, December 12th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 3.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 25th. The company reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.23. The business earned $612.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $607.60 million. Boyd Gaming had a return on equity of 12.53% and a net margin of 7.19%. View Boyd Gaming's Earnings History.

Boyd Gaming is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Boyd Gaming.

11 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Boyd Gaming's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate Boyd Gaming's stock price to reach $38.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 48.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Boyd Gaming.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Boyd Gaming in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Boyd Gaming.

Press coverage about BYD stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Boyd Gaming earned a coverage optimism score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Boyd Gaming saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,942,171 shares, an increase of 88.0% from the December 14th total of 4,757,572 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,961,366 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.6 days. Currently, 11.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Boyd Gaming's Current Options Chain.

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Boyd Gaming's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Advisors LLC (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%). 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 Boston Advisors LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Boyd Gaming company stock in the last year include Brian A Larson, Keith Smith, Marianne Boyd Johnson, Robert L Boughner, Stephen S Thompson and William R Boyd. View Insider Buying and Selling for Boyd Gaming.

BYD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cerebellum GP 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 $25.79.

Boyd Gaming has a market capitalization of $2.85 billion and generates $2.38 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $189.19 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.03 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]