NYSE:BYDBoyd Gaming Stock Price, Forecast & News

Boyd Gaming's stock was trading at $18.56 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BYD stock has increased by 17.3% and is now trading at $21.77. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Boyd Gaming in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Boyd Gaming.

Boyd Gaming is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Boyd Gaming.

Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company reported ($0.02) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.30. The company earned $680.53 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $664.46 million. Boyd Gaming had a return on equity of 12.60% and a net margin of 2.95%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 17.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.43 earnings per share. View Boyd Gaming's earnings history.

Boyd Gaming announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 27th will be given a dividend of $0.07 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 26th. 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 repurchase $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 3.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

15 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Boyd Gaming's stock. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect Boyd Gaming's stock price to reach $26.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Boyd Gaming.

Headlines about BYD stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Boyd Gaming earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutBoyd Gaming.

Boyd Gaming saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,550,000 shares, an increase of 14.4% from the April 30th total of 4,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,530,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 6.9% of the company's shares are sold short. View Boyd Gaming's Current Options Chain.

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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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.00%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (5.59%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.49%), State Street Corp (2.28%), Par Capital Management Inc. (1.71%) and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.42%). Company insiders that own Boyd Gaming stock include A Randall Thoman, Brian A Larson, Josh Hirsberg, Keith Smith, Marianne Boyd Johnson, Stephen S Thompson, Ted Bogich, 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 Cohen & Steers Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Invesco Ltd., BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Rice Hall James & Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Boyd Gaming company stock in the last year include Brian A Larson, Josh Hirsberg, Stephen S Thompson, and Ted Bogich. View insider buying and selling activity for Boyd Gaming.

BYD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eminence Capital LP, Mason Capital Management LLC, Drexel Morgan & Co., MIK Capital LP, Par Capital Management Inc., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, and Strs Ohio. Company insiders that have bought Boyd Gaming stock in the last two years include A Randall Thoman, William R Boyd, and William S Boyd. View insider buying and selling activity for Boyd Gaming.

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One share of BYD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.77.

Boyd Gaming has a market capitalization of $2.42 billion and generates $3.33 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $157.64 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.79 on an earnings per share basis. Boyd Gaming employs 1,858 workers across the globe.

The official website for Boyd Gaming is 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]