Don't Miss These Facts About Brookfield Asset Management

By Kim Brooks • Saturday, January 11 10:11 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Discretionary company Brookfield Asset Management has moved -6.5% so far today on a volume of 1,589,244, compared to its average of 1,006,908. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved -2.0%.

Brookfield Asset Management trades -7.9% away from its average analyst target price of $56.54 per share. The 14 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $32.0 to $69.0, and on average have given Brookfield Asset Management a rating of hold.

Anyone interested in buying BAM should be aware of the facts below:

Brookfield Asset Management has moved 35.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 22.3%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.09, Brookfield Asset Management has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 47.8 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
BAM has a forward P/E ratio of 30.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.72 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 6.79 compared to its sector average of 3.19
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. is a real estate investment firm specializing in alternative asset management services.
Based in Toronto, the company has 2,400 full time employees and a market cap of $21.91 Billion. Brookfield Asset Management currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.6%.

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