Bloomin Brands Inc (BLMN): What Makes The Stock Good?

Bloomin Brands Inc (NASDAQ:BLMN) has a beta value of 1.76 and has seen 3.39 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $653.11M, closed the last trade at $7.69 per share which meant it gained $0.52 on the day or 7.25% during that session. The BLMN stock price is -278.41% off its 52-week high price of $29.10 and 6.89% above the 52-week low of $7.16. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 2.81 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 2.43 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Bloomin Brands Inc (BLMN) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 3.08. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 4 out of 9 have rated it as a Hold, with 5 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.

Bloomin Brands Inc (NASDAQ:BLMN) trade information

Sporting 7.25% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the BLMN stock price touched $7.69 or saw a rise of 7.9%. Year-to-date, Bloomin Brands Inc shares have moved -37.02%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -5.88%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Bloomin Brands Inc (NASDAQ:BLMN) have changed -8.83%. Short interest in the company has seen 7.36 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.16.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $14.5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 46.97% from current levels. The projected low price target is $11.0 while the price target rests at a high of $16.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -108.06% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -43.04% from current levels.

Bloomin Brands Inc (BLMN) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have lost -54.23% over the past 6 months.

Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -26.52% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -4.03%.

BLMN Dividends

Bloomin Brands Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-25 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.87 at a share yield of 11.31%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 1.92%.

Bloomin Brands Inc (NASDAQ:BLMN)’s Major holders

Insiders own 2.07% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 106.97% with a share float percentage of 109.23%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Bloomin Brands Inc having a total of 324.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 12.71 million shares worth more than $244.46 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 14.6647% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 11.8 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $226.83 million and represent 13.6072% of shares outstanding.