Sienna Senior Living Inc. (TSE:SIA) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Sienna Senior Living Inc. (TSE:SIA) has been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the seven ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is C$18.00.

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on SIA. Cormark upgraded shares of Sienna Senior Living to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 28th. TD Securities increased their price target on shares of Sienna Senior Living from C$18.00 to C$19.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 21st. CIBC increased their price target on shares of Sienna Senior Living from C$17.00 to C$19.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, Scotiabank raised their target price on shares of Sienna Senior Living from C$17.50 to C$18.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 13th.

Sienna Senior Living Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of TSE:SIA opened at C$15.07 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of C$1.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.64 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a quick ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 0.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 275.10. Sienna Senior Living has a 12 month low of C$11.81 and a 12 month high of C$17.60. The company’s 50-day moving average price is C$15.97 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$15.99.

Sienna Senior Living (TSE:SIA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 11th. The company reported C$0.06 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.31 by C($0.25). Sienna Senior Living had a net margin of 3.40% and a return on equity of 7.45%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.26 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts forecast that Sienna Senior Living will post 0.4595351 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Sienna Senior Living Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be issued a $0.078 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 31st. This represents a $0.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.21%. Sienna Senior Living’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 241.03%.

About Sienna Senior Living

Sienna Senior Living Inc provides senior living and long-term care (LTC) services in Canada. The company operates through Retirement and LTC segments. It offers independent supportive and assisted living, memory care, and long-term care services; and management services to senior living residences. The company was formerly known as Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation and changed its name to Sienna Senior Living Inc in May 2015.