BFS Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Saul Centers | NYSE:BFS)

Saul Centers Inc is a self-managed real estate investment trust which invests in, operates, and develops retail and commercial properties. The company's portfolio includes community and neighbourhood shopping centres, office properties, and mixed-use properties. Properties are located in the Washington, D.C. and Batlimore metropolitan areas. Saul Centers operates through two business segments: shopping centers, which contribute the maximum portion of total revenue; and mixed-use properties. Maximum tenants include grocery stores, discount department stores, and drug stores.

Saul Centers trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol BFS.

As of December 16, 2024, BFS stock price declined to $40.20 with 7,086 million shares trading.

BFS has a beta of 0.53, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. BFS has a correlation of 0.11 to the broad based SPY ETF.

BFS has a market cap of $971.67 million. This is considered a Small Cap stock.

Last quarter Saul Centers reported $67 million in Revenue and $.83 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $1 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.03.

In the last 3 years, BFS traded as high as $56.22 and as low as $32.13.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that BFS belongs to (by Net Assets): IJR, VNQ, VTI, IWM, VB.

BFS has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +6.0% while the SPY ETF gained +30.6%. BFS has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -0.7% and -2.2%, respectively, while the SPY returned +8.4% and +0.8%, respectively.

BFS support price is $39.76 and resistance is $40.99 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that BFS shares will trade within this expected range on the day.