Analyst Expects Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) To Make Big Moves

After Hours

There may be slightly higher risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading than during regular market hours. Due to the fact that issuers often announce critical financial information outside of regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities. After-hours trades for Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (BKD) shows that investor sentiment remained intact, with the stock’s consolidated last price rising by $0.20, or 5.63%, to $3.75. The Brookdale Senior Living Inc. has recorded 15,082 volume in the after hours trading session. Earlier, Yahoo Finance discussed this stock as it revealed Brookdale Announces First Quarter 2023 Results.

Stocks Info

As a NYSE listed company, BKD falls under the Healthcare sector while operating within the Medical Care Facilities industry segment. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $3.55 and fluctuated between $3.7200 as its day high and $3.4600 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. is $677.20M. A total of 1.54 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.18M shares.

Aside from predicting where a stock will go, investors also consider insider trades as an indicator of the stock’s future direction. During the recent three months, BKD has seen 1 BUY and 9 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 9,745 and the disposition of 234,559 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 25 BUYs and 15 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 1,915,568 shares during that period but sold 614,735.

In the most recent transaction, Asher Jordan R sold 17,200 shares of BKD for 3.33 per share on Mar 02. After the transaction, the Director now owns 102,965 company shares. In a previous transaction on Nov 17, BUMSTEAD FRANK M bought 50,000 shares at 3.09 per share. BKD shares that Director owns now total 401,291.

In spite of price targets being rarely accurate, it tends to exert some kind influence from time to time, and was often accepted by the market as having some value. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for BKD in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $5.49 with high estimates of $7.00 and low estimates of $3.95. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, BKD has a high of $5.80 and a low of $2.27.

As of this writing, BKD has an earnings estimate of -$0.24 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 3 estimates, with a high estimate of -$0.2 per share and a lower estimate of -$0.32. The company reported an EPS of -$0.13 in the last quarter, which was 68.30% higher than expectations of -$0.41.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

The balance sheet of a company shows what assets and liabilities a company has, as well as the amount, equity investors have invested. With the help of this information, a company’s financial ratios can be calculated to give investors an overview of the company’s prospects. BKD’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $529.42M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $5.23B in debt and $631.95M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $2.40, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $699.62M.

Analysts Opinion

The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for BKD is Buy with a score of 3.33.