Saul Centers (BFS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saul Centers in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" BFS shares.
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1 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Saul Centers' shares. Their BFS share price targets range from $43.50 to $43.50. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $43.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.7% from the stock's current price.
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Saul Centers' stock was trading at $39.27 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, BFS stock has decreased by 9.7% and is now trading at $35.45.
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Saul Centers saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 94,500 shares, a decrease of 22.9% from the March 15th total of 122,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 54,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Saul Centers, Inc. (NYSE:BFS) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.35. The real estate investment trust earned $59.75 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $58.21 million. Saul Centers had a net margin of 20.49% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.14%.

Saul Centers declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 14th. Investors of record on Monday, April 15th will be given a dividend of $0.59 per share on Tuesday, April 30th. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 12th.
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Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.65%. BFS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 136.42%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, BFS will have a dividend payout ratio of 86.13% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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ALPS REIT Dividend Dogs ETF holds 6,788 shares of BFS stock, representing 2.13% of its portfolio.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Saul Centers investors own include Mastercard (MA), Boeing (BA), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Toll Brothers (TOL), Vector Group (VGR), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Pure Storage (PSTG), American Tower (AMT) and LyondellBasell Industries (LYB).

Saul Centers' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas Capital Management Inc. (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include B Francis Saul II, Carlos Lawrence Heard, David Todd Pearson, George Patrick Clancy Jr, H Gregory Platts, James Page Lansdale, Joel Albert Friedman, John E Chapoton, John F Collich and Mark Sullivan III.
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Shares of BFS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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