NYSE:SC - Santander Consumer USA Stock Price, Forecast & News

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, January 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 10th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.29%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. View Santander Consumer USA's Dividend History.

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc (NYSE:SC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The financial services provider reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $1.16 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.19 billion. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.29 earnings per share. View Santander Consumer USA's Earnings History.

Santander Consumer USA is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Santander Consumer USA.

11 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Santander Consumer USA's stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $27.00. On average, they anticipate Santander Consumer USA's stock price to reach $25.14 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.9%. 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 and 10 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Santander Consumer USA.

News headlines about SC stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Santander Consumer USA earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Santander Consumer USA.

Santander Consumer USA saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,350,000 shares, an increase of 10.5% from the December 31st total of 4,840,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 844,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.3 days. Currently, 5.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Santander Consumer USA's Current Options Chain.

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

Santander Consumer USA's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Samlyn Capital LLC (1.53%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.57%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.52%), State Street Corp (0.42%), Point72 Asset Management L.P. (0.38%) and LSV Asset Management (0.32%). Company insiders that own Santander Consumer USA stock include Christopher Keith Pfirrman, Lisa Vanroekel, Richard Morrin and Sunil Sajnani. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Santander Consumer USA.

SC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schroder Investment Management Group, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, First Trust Advisors LP, Caxton Associates LP, State Street Corp, Cipher Capital LP, AQR Capital Management LLC and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Point72 Asset Management L.P., Samlyn Capital LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, AJO LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, PGGM Investments, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC and Bank of Montreal Can. 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 $26.73.