Bank of America (BAC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It provides banking, lending, investment, payments and financial management services to consumers, businesses, institutional investors and governments.

The company’s consumer banking operations offer checking and savings accounts, credit cards, mortgages, home equity lending, auto loans and other consumer financial products. Through Merrill, Bank of America provides wealth management, investment advisory, brokerage and retirement services. Its commercial and corporate businesses provide loans, treasury management, investment banking, securities underwriting, sales and trading, and other capital markets services through Bank of America Securities.

Bank of America primarily serves customers across the United States, with additional operations supporting international corporate, investment banking and capital markets clients. The company’s modern corporate history dates to 1998, when NationsBank acquired BankAmerica and adopted the Bank of America name. Brian Moynihan has served as the company’s chief executive officer since 2010.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $51.21 to $52.64
• 50-Day Range: $51.28 to $64.82
• 52-Week Range: $46.12 to $65.22
• Volume: 64.31 million shs
• Average Volume: 42.00 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $358.59 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.18
• Dividend Yield: 2.50%
• Price Target: $62.52
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Bank of America Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bank of America scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 18th out of 855 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Bank of America has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.77, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 20 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Bank of America has a consensus price target of $62.52, representing about 21.9% upside from its current price of $51.28.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bank of America has been the subject of 14 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 14.54%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Bank of America are expected to grow by 14.54% in the coming year, from $4.54 to $5.20 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Bank of America is 12.18, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.33.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Bank of America is 12.18, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.67.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Bank of America has a PEG Ratio of 0.83. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Bank of America has a P/B Ratio of 1.32. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.23% of the float of Bank of America has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Bank of America has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.25, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Bank of America has recently increased by 2.88%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Bank of America pays a meaningful dividend of 2.48%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Bank of America has been increasing its dividend for 11 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Bank of America is 30.40%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Bank of America will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.62% next year. This indicates that Bank of America will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.24

News Sentiment

Bank of America has a news sentiment score of 0.24. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 272 news articles for Bank of America this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

122 people have searched for BAC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 94% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

53 people have added Bank of America to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 104% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Bank of America insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.27% of the stock of Bank of America is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.71% of the stock of Bank of America is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/25 Dividend: 9/04/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/25 Dividend: 9/04/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/25/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/14/2026
• Today: 10/18/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BAC
• CIK: 70858
• Web: www.bankofamerica.com
• Phone: (704) 386-5681
• Fax: 704-386-8009
• Employees: 213,000
• Year Founded: 1998

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Bank of America: $62.52
• High Price Target: $72.00
• Low Price Target: $54.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +21.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.77
• Research Coverage: 26 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.21
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.18
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.30
• P/E Growth: 0.83
• Net Income: $30.51 billion
• Net Margins: 16.80%
• Pretax Margin: 21.63%
• Return on Equity: 12.15%
• Return on Assets: 0.97%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.17
• Current Ratio: 0.82
• Quick Ratio: 0.82

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $122.97 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.92
• Cash Flow: $4.38 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.70
• Book Value: $38.86 per share
• Price / Book: 1.32

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 6,992,749,000
• Free Float: 6,973,869,000
• Market Cap: $358.59 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.21