Santander Consumer USA Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:SC)

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

Santander Consumer USA declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Thursday, August 15th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 2nd. This is a positive change from Santander Consumer USA's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View Santander Consumer USA's Dividend History.

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc (NYSE:SC) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 31st. The financial services provider reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.04. The financial services provider earned $1.82 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.76 billion. Santander Consumer USA had a net margin of 12.60% and a return on equity of 13.29%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.55 EPS. View Santander Consumer USA's Earnings History.

Santander Consumer USA is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Santander Consumer USA.

Santander Consumer USA will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

11 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Santander Consumer USA's shares. Their predictions range from $23.00 to $27.00. On average, they expect Santander Consumer USA's stock price to reach $24.71 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Santander Consumer USA.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Santander Consumer USA in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Santander Consumer USA.

Press coverage about SC stock has been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Santander Consumer USA earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Santander Consumer USA.

Santander Consumer USA saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,710,000 shares, a decline of 7.3% from the August 30th total of 4,000,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,040,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Approximately 3.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Santander Consumer USA's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Santander Consumer USA include Discover Financial Services (DFS), Credit Acceptance (CACC), OneMain (OMF), SLM (SLM), Nelnet (NNI), World Acceptance (WRLD), PROVIDENT FINL/S (FPLPY), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Enova International (ENVA), Regional Management (RM), Atlanticus (ATLC) and Mr. Amazing Loans (MRAL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Santander Consumer USA investors own include Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Bank of America (BAC), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Intelsat (I), Transocean (RIG), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Fossil Group (FOSL), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Ciena (CIEN) and Coty (COTY).

Santander Consumer USA's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.12%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.12%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.08%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%), Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.01%) and Strs Ohio (0.01%). Company insiders that own Santander Consumer USA stock include Christopher Keith Pfirrman, Lisa Vanroekel, Richard Morrin, Sunil Sajnani 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 Denali Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Paragon Capital Management Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Santander Consumer USA company stock in the last year include Christopher Keith Pfirrman, Richard Morrin and Sunil Sajnani. View Insider Buying and Selling for Santander Consumer USA.

SC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Coastal Investment Advisors Inc., Strs Ohio, Meeder Asset Management Inc. and NewSquare Capital LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.39.

Santander Consumer USA has a market capitalization of $8.78 billion and generates $7.13 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $915.93 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.54 on an earnings per share basis. Santander Consumer USA employs 4,952 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Santander Consumer USA.

The official website for Santander Consumer USA is http://www.santanderconsumerusa.com/.

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