Brookdale Senior Living Inc [NYSE: BKD] surged by $0.46 during the normal trading session on Wednesday and reaching a high of $7.45 during the day while it closed the day at $7.44.
Brookdale Senior Living Inc stock has also gained 8.61% of its value over the past 7 days. However, BKD stock has inclined by 33.09% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 45.03% and gained 2.06% year-on date.
The market cap for BKD stock reached $1.74 billion, with 234.00 million shares outstanding and 207.32 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 3.09M shares, BKD reached a trading volume of 4847460 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to 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 Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 11.87, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.19.
BKD stock trade performance evaluation
Brookdale Senior Living Inc [BKD] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 8.61. With this latest performance, BKD shares gained by 11.38% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 45.03% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 47.91% in the past year of trading.
Brookdale Senior Living Inc [BKD]: An insightful look at the core 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%.
Brookdale Senior Living Inc [BKD]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $100.01%, or 102.82% 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%.
