BAM Stock Analysis – Insights from the Editor

By Emilio Sanchez • Thursday, September 25 10:04 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Discretionary company Brookfield Asset Management has moved -2.0% so far today on a volume of 169,513, compared to its average of 2,266,369. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved -1.0%.

Brookfield Asset Management trades -8.73% away from its average analyst target price of $63.45 per share. The 15 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $54.0 to $75.0, and on average have given Brookfield Asset Management a rating of buy.

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

Brookfield Asset Management's current price is -99.3% below its Graham number of $8063.72, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Brookfield Asset Management has moved 25.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 15.5%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.43, Brookfield Asset Management has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 40.5 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
BAM has a forward P/E ratio of 33.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.72 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 11.03 compared to its sector average of 2.93
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions and growth capital investments.
Based in New York, the company has 2,500 full time employees and a market cap of $93.85 Billion. Brookfield Asset Management currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.8%.

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