Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) Earns Daily News Impact Rating of 0.11

Press coverage about Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) has trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Saul Centers earned a media sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news articles about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 45.9858431109367 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the next several days.

These are some of the media stories that may have effected Accern Sentiment Analysis’s rankings:

• Saul Centers, Inc. (BFS) Upgraded to “Hold” by Zacks Investment Research (americanbankingnews.com)
• Saul Centers, Inc. (NYSE:BFS) Sees Light Trading Volume with 698 Shares Changing Hands (highlightpress.com)
• Diversified Trust Co Has $245000 Position in Vodafone Group PLC (VOD) (techzolix.com)
• Saul Centers Inc Valuation – Initial Coverage $BFS (moderngraham.com)

Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) traded up 0.50% on Wednesday, hitting $60.53. 21,317 shares of the company were exchanged. Saul Centers has a 52-week low of $55.86 and a 52-week high of $68.75. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $58.84 and a 200-day moving average of $61.57. The stock has a market cap of $1.30 billion, a PE ratio of 38.80 and a beta of 0.73.

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, July 31st. Investors of record on Monday, July 17th will be given a $0.51 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 13th. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.37%. Saul Centers’s dividend payout ratio is presently 131.61%.

BFS has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Saul Centers from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday. BidaskClub raised shares of Saul Centers from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 14th.

In related news, Director Patrick F. Noonan sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.00, for a total value of $290,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 12,588 shares in the company, valued at approximately $730,104. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Insiders sold a total of 15,000 shares of company stock valued at $885,800 in the last quarter. 48.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Saul Centers

Saul Centers, Inc operates as a real estate investment trust. The Company’s principal business activity is the ownership, management and development of income-producing properties. It operates through two segments: Shopping Centers and Mixed-Use Properties. The Company, which conducts all of its activities through its subsidiaries, the Saul Holdings Limited Partnership (Operating Partnership) and Subsidiary Partnerships, engages in the ownership, operation, management, leasing, acquisition, renovation, expansion, development and financing of community and neighborhood shopping centers and mixed-used properties in the Washington, District of Columbia/Baltimore metropolitan area.