Boyd Gaming (BYD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Boyd Gaming in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" BYD shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BYD, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Boyd Gaming's stock. Their BYD share price targets range from $67.00 to $82.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $74.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 41.1% 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 stock has decreased by 16.0% and is now trading at $52.60.
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Boyd Gaming saw a decline in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,040,000 shares, a decline of 10.9% from the March 31st total of 3,410,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 732,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 4.1% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 25th 2024.
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Boyd Gaming Co. (NYSE:BYD) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 8th. The company reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.23. The company 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%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.72 earnings per share.

Boyd Gaming declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 29th. Investors of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. This is an increase 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 1.07%. 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 10.32% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) stock in their portfolio include AdvisorShares Vice ETF (VICE), AdvisorShares Hotel ETF (BEDZ), iBET Sports Betting & Gaming ETF (IBET), VanEck Gaming ETF (BJK), B.A.D. Etf (BAD), Roundhill Sports Betting & iGaming ETF (BETZ), Goldman Sachs Small Cap Core Equity ETF (GSC) and Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF (OSCV).

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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Portman Square Capital LLP (0.00%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%), Raymond James & Associates (0.07%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.07%), Amalgamated Bank (0.05%) and Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. (0.03%). 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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