What Are the Fundamentals Of BAM?

By Emilio Sanchez • Friday, May 08 16:09 • Permanent Link

Brookfield Asset Management logged a 1.9% change during today's evening session, and is now trading at a price of $49.74 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. BAM's trading volume is 4,801,086 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,885,166.

Brookfield Asset Management trades -12.39% away from its average analyst target price of $56.77 per share. The 18 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $44.0 to $74.0, and on average have given Brookfield Asset Management a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in BAM, you'll want to know the following:

Brookfield Asset Management has moved -13.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 29.6%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.54, Brookfield Asset Management has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 32.3 while the S&P 500 average is None
BAM has a forward P/E ratio of 22.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.19 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.36 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Brookfield Asset Management is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 9.86 compared to its sector average of None
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions and growth capital investments.
Based in New York, the company has 5,800 full time employees and a market cap of $81.48 Billion. Brookfield Asset Management currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.6%.

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