Impact Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Bank of America Co. (NYSE:BAC) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 9,141 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $402,000.
A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of BAC. Swedbank AB boosted its position in Bank of America by 0.7% in the third quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 7,042,374 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $279,441,000 after buying an additional 50,849 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its position in Bank of America by 3.8% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 15,415,630 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $611,692,000 after buying an additional 569,385 shares during the last quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. boosted its position in Bank of America by 3.5% in the third quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 27,487 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,091,000 after buying an additional 923 shares during the last quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP boosted its position in Bank of America by 63.7% in the third quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP now owns 31,875 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,265,000 after buying an additional 12,402 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Haverford Trust Co boosted its position in Bank of America by 6.4% in the third quarter. Haverford Trust Co now owns 34,412 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,365,000 after buying an additional 2,084 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 70.71% of the company’s stock.
Bank of America Trading Down 0.7 %
Shares of BAC stock opened at $39.64 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $45.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $43.70. Bank of America Co. has a 1-year low of $34.15 and a 1-year high of $48.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 0.78 and a quick ratio of 0.78. The company has a market cap of $301.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.31, a PEG ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.32.
Bank of America Dividend Announcement
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th will be paid a $0.26 dividend. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.62%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 7th. Bank of America’s dividend payout ratio is currently 32.30%.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities research analysts recently commented on BAC shares. UBS Group upgraded Bank of America from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the company from $43.00 to $53.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded Bank of America from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on Bank of America from $54.00 to $56.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Robert W. Baird upgraded Bank of America from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $45.00 to $50.00 in a research report on Friday, March 7th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their price objective on Bank of America from $50.00 to $57.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, sixteen have assigned a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Bank of America has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $48.64.
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Bank of America Company Profile
Bank of America Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides banking and financial products and services for individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses, institutional investors, large corporations, and governments worldwide. It operates in four segments: Consumer Banking, Global Wealth & Investment Management (GWIM), Global Banking, and Global Markets.
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