Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD) is looking forward to a strong quarter

With 2.31 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.34 million shares. The 52-week range on BKD shows that it touched its highest point at $8.12 and its lowest point at $4.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.90. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.94.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BKD was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.54%, but this was up by 23.74% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 0.54% while six-month performance fell -16.34%. The stock lost -3.76% in the past year, while it has gained 11.93% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BKD yields -0.89 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.47. For the next quarter, that number is -0.13. This implies an EPS growth rate of 34.46% for this year and 19.43% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 200.02 million BKD shares are outstanding with a float of 176.57 million shares on hand for trading.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BKD since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$0.69235 being high and -$0.73431 being low. For BKD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.71333.