Bank of America - BAC Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bank of America in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" BAC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BAC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Bank of America's shares. Their BAC share price forecasts range from $33.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $39.28 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.3% from the stock's current price.
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Bank of America's stock was trading at $33.12 at the start of the year. Since then, BAC shares have decreased by 13.6% and is now trading at $28.60.
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Bank of America saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 94,190,000 shares, an increase of 74.4% from the February 28th total of 54,020,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 51,670,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 18th 2023.
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Bank of America will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 18th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Bank of America Co. (NYSE:BAC) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January, 13th. The financial services provider reported $0.85 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $24.50 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $24.17 billion. Bank of America had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.41% and a net margin of 23.93%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.82 EPS.
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Bank of America announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, March 31st. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 2nd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Bank ETF (KBWB), iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF (IYG), Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH), Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF (FNCL), Invesco S&P 500 Enhanced Value ETF (SPVU), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF), iShares U.S. Financials ETF (IYF) and Gabelli Financial Services Opportunities ETF (GABF).

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.13%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 27.59%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BAC will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.79% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Bank of America announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, April 15th 2021, which allows the company to repurchase $25,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 7.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

10,089 employees have rated Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian T. Moynihan on Glassdoor.com. Brian T. Moynihan has an approval rating of 92% among the company's employees. This puts Brian T. Moynihan in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Bank of America investors own include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), AT&T (T), Micron Technology (MU), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), Citigroup (C), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS) and Wells Fargo & Company (WFC).

Bank of America trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BAC."

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One share of BAC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.60.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has a market capitalization of $228.91 billion and generates $115.05 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $27.53 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.19 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 217,000 workers across the globe.

Bank of America's mailing address is 100 N. TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC, 28255. The official website for the company is www.bankofamerica.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (704) 386-5681, via email at i_r@bankofamerica.com, or via fax at 704-386-8009.