Poinciana Advisors Group LLC Invests $395,000 in Bank of America Co. (NYSE:BAC)

Poinciana Advisors Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Bank of America Co. (NYSE:BAC) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 8,998 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $395,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in BAC. Swedbank AB boosted its stake in shares of Bank of America by 0.7% in the third quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 7,042,374 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $279,441,000 after buying an additional 50,849 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Bank of America by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 15,415,630 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $611,692,000 after acquiring an additional 569,385 shares during the last quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Bank of America by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 27,487 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,091,000 after acquiring an additional 923 shares during the last quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP raised its position in Bank of America by 63.7% during the 3rd quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP now owns 31,875 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,265,000 after purchasing an additional 12,402 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MQS Management LLC bought a new position in Bank of America during the 3rd quarter worth $322,000. Institutional investors own 70.71% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Hsbc Global Res raised Bank of America from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Barclays raised their target price on Bank of America from $53.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Robert W. Baird raised Bank of America from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $45.00 to $50.00 in a research report on Friday, March 7th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Bank of America from $52.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Baird R W raised Bank of America from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, March 7th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating, sixteen have issued a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $48.64.

Read Our Latest Analysis on BAC

Bank of America Stock Performance

Shares of BAC opened at $40.97 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 0.78 and a quick ratio of 0.78. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $45.19 and a 200-day moving average of $43.71. The company has a market cap of $311.45 billion, a PE ratio of 12.72, a P/E/G ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.32. Bank of America Co. has a one year low of $34.15 and a one year high of $48.08.

Bank of America (NYSE:BACGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, January 16th. The financial services provider reported $0.82 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $25.30 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $25.12 billion. Bank of America had a return on equity of 10.29% and a net margin of 14.10%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.70 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Bank of America Co. will post 3.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Bank of America Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 7th. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.54%. Bank of America’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 32.30%.

Bank of America Company Profile

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Bank of America Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides banking and financial products and services for individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses, institutional investors, large corporations, and governments worldwide. It operates in four segments: Consumer Banking, Global Wealth & Investment Management (GWIM), Global Banking, and Global Markets.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Bank of America (NYSE:BAC)

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