Shares of Boyd Group Services Inc. (TSE:BYD – Get Free Report) have been assigned an average rating of “Buy” from the twelve research firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, eight have issued a buy recommendation and two have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$290.75.
BYD has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Raymond James reduced their price objective on shares of Boyd Group Services from C$350.00 to C$325.00 and set a “strong-buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 7th. National Bankshares reduced their price target on shares of Boyd Group Services from C$310.00 to C$270.00 in a research report on Friday, August 9th. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price target on shares of Boyd Group Services from C$308.00 to C$306.00 in a report on Friday, August 9th. TD Securities dropped their price objective on Boyd Group Services from C$312.00 to C$300.00 in a research note on Friday, August 9th. Finally, CIBC decreased their target price on Boyd Group Services from C$290.00 to C$268.00 in a research note on Friday, August 9th.
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Boyd Group Services Trading Up 0.8 %
Boyd Group Services (TSE:BYD – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 8th. The company reported C$0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.82 by C($0.05). The company had revenue of C$1.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of C$1.08 billion. Boyd Group Services had a return on equity of 7.21% and a net margin of 1.93%. As a group, analysts expect that Boyd Group Services will post 7.1452646 EPS for the current year.
Boyd Group Services Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 29th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.28%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 27th. Boyd Group Services’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.00%.
Insider Activity
In other Boyd Group Services news, Senior Officer Jeff Murray bought 456 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 12th. The shares were bought at an average price of C$223.12 per share, for a total transaction of C$101,742.72. 0.37% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Boyd Group Services Company Profile
Boyd Group Services Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates non-franchised collision repair centers in North America. The company operates its locations under the Boyd Autobody & Glass and Assured Automotive names in Canada; and Gerber Collision & Glass name in the United States. It also operates as a retail auto glass operator under the Gerber Collision & Glass, Glass America, Auto Glass Service, Auto Glass Authority, and Autoglassonly.com names in the United States.
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