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 declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 7th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 27th. View Boyd Gaming's Dividend History.

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

Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 25th. The company reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.23. The firm earned $612.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $607.60 million. Boyd Gaming had a net margin of 7.19% and a return on equity of 12.53%. 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 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Boyd Gaming's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Boyd Gaming's share price to reach $38.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 48.4% 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.

News stories about BYD stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Boyd Gaming earned a news sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near 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 trading volume of 1,961,366 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.6 days. Approximately 11.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.03%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%), 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, Nisa Investment 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bowling Portfolio Management LLC and 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 $25.81.

Boyd Gaming has a market capitalization of $2.84 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]