Brookdale Senior Living Inc [NYSE: BKD] jumped around 0.06 points on Wednesday, while shares priced at $6.84 at the close of the session, up 0.88%.
Compared to the average trading volume of 3.11M shares, BKD reached a trading volume of 5202008 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Brookdale Senior Living Inc [BKD]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for BKD shares is $7.25 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on BKD stock is a recommendation set at 2.50. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Barclays have made an estimate for Brookdale Senior Living Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Equal Weight, with their previous recommendation back on April 01, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Jefferies raised their target price to Buy. The new note on the price target was released on October 16, 2024, representing the official price target for Brookdale Senior Living Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $7.75 to $6, while BofA Securities kept a Underperform rating on BKD stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Brookdale Senior Living Inc is set at 0.24, with the Price to Sales ratio for BKD stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.51. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 10.91, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.19.
How has BKD stock performed recently?
Brookdale Senior Living Inc [BKD] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -1.58. With this latest performance, BKD shares gained by 1.33% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 29.79% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 2.40% in the past year of trading.
Brookdale Senior Living Inc [BKD]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Brookdale Senior Living Inc [BKD] shares currently have an operating margin of 2.25% and a Gross Margin at 8.03%. Brookdale Senior Living Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -7.52%.
Return on Equity for this stock declined to -4.04%, with Return on Assets sitting at -4.04%.
Insider trade positions for Brookdale Senior Living Inc [BKD]
There are presently around $100.09%, or 102.90%% of BKD stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of BKD stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 18.68 million shares, which is approximately 8.2353%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 18.46 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$126.1 million in BKD stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$106.63 million in BKD stock with ownership which is approximately 6.884%.
