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In the latest session, Brookdale Senior Living Inc (NYSE: BKD) closed at $4.70 down -3.49% from its previous closing price of $4.87. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.49 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.02 million shares were traded. BKD stock price reached its highest trading level at $4.92 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $4.67.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Brookdale Senior Living Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 17.72 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 17.03.
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, Jefferies on October 16, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $8.
On October 07, 2024, BofA Securities Downgraded its rating to Underperform which previously was Neutral and also lowered its target price recommendation from $7.75 to $6.
On June 28, 2024, Macquarie started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $7.50.Macquarie initiated its Outperform rating on June 28, 2024, with a $7.50 target price.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 05 ’24 when WIELANSKY LEE S sold 10,000 shares for $5.62 per share. The transaction valued at 56,200 led to the insider holds 211,382 shares of the business.
WIELANSKY LEE S bought 10,000 shares of BKD for $56,150 on Dec 05 ’24. On Aug 28 ’24, another insider, Marcus Bromley, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 14,135 shares for $7.40 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 936301056 and an Enterprise Value of 5844363264. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.30 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.20. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.978 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.936.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BKD is 1.29, which has changed by -0.17398947 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.23095727 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BKD has reached a high of $8.12, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $4.70. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.35%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -26.43%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, BKD has traded an average of 1.91M shares per day and 2147540 over the past ten days. A total of 199.24M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 175.24M. Insiders hold about 12.03% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 99.03% stake in the company. Shares short for BKD as of 1736899200 were 8026137 with a Short Ratio of 4.20, compared to 1734048000 on 9196714. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8026137 and a Short% of Float of 4.6.
