NYSE:SC - Santander Consumer USA Stock Price, Price Target & More

Santander Consumer USA trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SC."

Santander Consumer USA declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 24th. Investors of record on Friday, May 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Monday, May 14th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 3rd. View Santander Consumer USA's Dividend History.

Santander Consumer USA (NYSE:SC) released its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.27. The financial services provider earned $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.61 billion. Santander Consumer USA had a net margin of 19.62% and a return on equity of 12.36%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.40 earnings per share. View Santander Consumer USA's Earnings History.

Santander Consumer USA is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July, 27th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Santander Consumer USA.

15 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Santander Consumer USA's shares. Their predictions range from $9.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Santander Consumer USA's share price to reach $19.3846 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Santander Consumer USA.

Santander Consumer USA saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 7,746,284 shares, an increase of 54.7% from the April 13th total of 5,006,726 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,125,853 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 6.8% of the company's shares are sold short.

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Media coverage about SC stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Santander Consumer USA earned a media sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 45.13 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Santander Consumer USA's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Windacre Partnership LLC (2.11%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.67%), BlackRock Inc. (1.54%), Canyon Capital Advisors LLC (0.89%), Schroder Investment Management Group (0.76%) and WS Management Lllp (0.73%). Company insiders that own Santander Consumer USA stock include Ismail Dawood, Jennifer Popp, Richard Morrin and Thomas G Dundon. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Santander Consumer USA.

SC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, Windacre Partnership LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., WS Management Lllp, Hsbc Holdings PLC, Westfield Capital Management Co. LP, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA and New York State Common Retirement Fund. View Insider Buying and Selling for Santander Consumer USA.

SC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jacobs Asset Management LLC and Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Santander Consumer USA.

Shares of SC 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 SC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.86.

Santander Consumer USA has a market capitalization of $7.17 billion and generates $6.56 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.19 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.74 on an earnings per share basis. Santander Consumer USA employs 5,076 workers across the globe.

Santander Consumer USA's mailing address is 1601 ELM ST. SUITE 800, DALLAS TX, 75201. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 214-634-1110 or via email at [email protected]