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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Shareholders 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 yield of 3.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 7th. View Santander Consumer USA's Dividend History.

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc (NYSE:SC) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 29th. The financial services provider reported $0.43 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.06. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.16 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.19 billion. Santander Consumer USA had a return on equity of 13.66% and a net margin of 12.66%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.29 EPS. 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 1 year price targets for Santander Consumer USA's shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $27.00. On average, they expect Santander Consumer USA's share price to reach $25.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.4%. 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 stories about SC stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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. Santander Consumer USA earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Santander Consumer USA.

Santander Consumer USA saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 presently 6.3 days. Currently, 5.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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), PROVIDENT FINL/S (FPLPY), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Enova International (ENVA), World Acceptance (WRLD), 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 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Canyon Capital Advisors LLC (4.11%), Windacre Partnership LLC (2.53%), Samlyn Capital LLC (1.53%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.57%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.52%) and State Street Corp (0.42%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Samlyn Capital LLC, Windacre Partnership LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, AJO LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC and PGGM Investments. 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 $26.58.

Santander Consumer USA has a market capitalization of $9.03 billion and generates $7.86 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $994.37 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.86 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]