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The price of Brookdale Senior Living Inc (NYSE: BKD) closed at $7.72 in the last session, up 5.46% from day before closing price of $7.32. In other words, the price has increased by $5.46 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.47 million shares were traded. BKD stock price reached its highest trading level at $7.74 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $7.3.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at BKD’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 6.34 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 106.16. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.83 and its Current Ratio is at 0.83. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 52.68 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 51.23.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Barclays on April 01, 2025, initiated with a Equal Weight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $7.
On October 16, 2024, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $8.
BofA Securities Downgraded its Neutral to Underperform on October 07, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $7.75 to $6.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 10 ’25 when Lucinda Baier bought 165,370 shares for $7.50 per share.
HICKS GEORGE T bought 25,000 shares of BKD for $186,375 on Jul 10 ’25. On Jul 09 ’25, another insider, Lucinda Baier, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 128,293 shares for $7.07 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BKD now has a Market Capitalization of 1833422720 and an Enterprise Value of 7134117376. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.57 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 17.40. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.338 whereas that against EBITDA is 15.894.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BKD is 0.92, which has changed by 0.06925213 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1513431 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BKD has reached a high of $8.01, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $4.45. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.42%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 26.04%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, BKD traded on average about 2.90M shares per day over the past 3-months and 3097900 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 237.45M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 210.34M. Insiders hold about 11.43% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 91.20% stake in the company. Shares short for BKD as of 1753920000 were 9882952 with a Short Ratio of 3.41, compared to 1751241600 on 11128096. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9882952 and a Short% of Float of 4.2.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 3.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.19, with high estimates of -$0.18 and low estimates of -$0.2.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.65 and -$0.86 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.78. EPS for the following year is -$0.53, with 3.0 analysts recommending between -$0.48 and -$0.63.
Revenue Estimates
According to 4 analysts, the current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $825.42M. It ranges from a high estimate of $830.03M to a low estimate of $821.85M. As of the current estimate, Brookdale Senior Living Inc’s year-ago sales were $784.17MFor the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $758.93M. There is a high estimate of $778.23M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $738.72M.
A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for BKD’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.23B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.19B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.21B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.13BBased on 4 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.13B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.23B and the low estimate is $3.09B.
