Boyd Gaming (BYD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Boyd Gaming in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BYD shares.
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10 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Boyd Gaming's shares. Their BYD share price targets range from $67.00 to $82.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $76.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.2% from the stock's current price.
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Boyd Gaming's stock was trading at $62.61 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, BYD shares have increased by 3.1% and is now trading at $64.57.
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Boyd Gaming saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,350,000 shares, a decline of 13.0% from the February 29th total of 3,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 727,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.6 days. Currently, 4.7% 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, April 25th 2024.
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Boyd Gaming will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 888-660-6264 with passcode "80074#".

Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 8th. The company reported $1.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.23. The business had revenue of $954.41 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $928.04 million. Boyd Gaming had a net margin of 16.58% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 36.97%. Boyd Gaming's revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.72 EPS.

Boyd Gaming announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16.
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Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.06%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 11.15%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BYD will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.33% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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164 employees have rated Boyd Gaming Chief Executive Officer Keith E. Smith on Glassdoor.com. Keith E. Smith has an approval rating of 66% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Boyd Gaming investors own include Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), Hawkins (HWKN), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), MGM Resorts International (MGM), AT&T (T), CVS Health (cvs), Intel (INTC) and Delta Air Lines (DAL).

Boyd Gaming's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Portman Square Capital LLP (0.00%), Signet Financial Management LLC (0.03%), Alaska Permanent Fund Corp (0.03%), CWM LLC (0.00%) and International Assets Investment Management LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include A Randall Thoman, Christine J Spadafor, Josh Hirsberg, Keith Smith, Marianne Boyd Johnson, Stephen S Thompson, Ted Bogich, Veronica J Wilson, William R Boyd and William S Boyd.
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Shares of BYD 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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