Small Cap Stock Bloomin Brands Inc (BLMN) Is A Buy – Analysts

Bloomin Brands Inc (NASDAQ:BLMN) has a beta value of 1.33 and has seen 1.57 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $718.51M, closed the recent trade at $8.46 per share which meant it gained $1.16 on the day or 15.89% during that session. The BLMN stock price is -189.6% off its 52-week high price of $24.50 and 28.01% above the 52-week low of $6.09.

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 15.89% in the green today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the BLMN stock price touched $8.46 or saw a rise of 1.05%. Year-to-date, Bloomin Brands Inc shares have moved -30.71%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 5.62%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Bloomin Brands Inc (NASDAQ:BLMN) have changed 22.25%.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $12, which means that the shares’ value could jump 29.5% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $11.0 while the price target rests at a high of $13.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -53.66% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -30.02% from the levels at last check today..

Bloomin Brands Inc (BLMN) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have lost -50.21% over the past 6 months.

Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -32.48% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -7.99%.

BLMN Dividends

Bloomin Brands Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in June 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 10.28%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.

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

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.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 5.50% shares in the company for having 4.67 shares of worth $38.94 million while later fund manager owns 2.24 shares of worth $18.64 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.63% of company’s outstanding stock.