TABR Capital Management LLC Buys New Stake in Bank of America Corporation $BAC

TABR Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BACFree Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 12,899 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $709,000.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Wiser Advisor Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Bank of America in the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Steph & Co. raised its position in shares of Bank of America by 224.3% during the 3rd quarter. Steph & Co. now owns 548 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 379 shares in the last quarter. Marquette Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Bank of America during the 3rd quarter valued at about $30,000. Collier Financial bought a new position in shares of Bank of America in the 3rd quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Mountain Hill Investment Partners Corp. purchased a new position in Bank of America in the third quarter worth about $31,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 70.71% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Bank of America

In other news, insider James P. Demare sold 83,832 shares of Bank of America stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.00, for a total transaction of $4,191,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 307,240 shares in the company, valued at approximately $15,362,000. This trade represents a 21.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Thomas M. Scrivener sold 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.82, for a total transaction of $2,491,000.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 227,973 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,357,614.86. This represents a 17.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 227,832 shares of company stock valued at $11,094,960 in the last quarter. 0.30% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Evercore set a $59.00 price objective on Bank of America in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Erste Group Bank lowered Bank of America from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 4th. Oppenheimer lifted their target price on Bank of America from $55.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 18th. Wolfe Research downgraded Bank of America from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 7th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Bank of America from $62.00 to $65.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, January 5th. Twenty-one investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $60.30.

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Bank of America Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of NYSE BAC opened at $47.15 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15, a current ratio of 0.80 and a quick ratio of 0.80. The company has a market cap of $338.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.31, a PEG ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.28. Bank of America Corporation has a 1 year low of $33.06 and a 1 year high of $57.55. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $51.59 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $52.36.

Bank of America (NYSE:BACGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 14th. The financial services provider reported $0.98 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.96 by $0.02. Bank of America had a return on equity of 11.07% and a net margin of 16.23%.The firm had revenue of $4.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $27.73 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.82 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 12.3% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts anticipate that Bank of America Corporation will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Bank of America Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 27th. Investors of record on Friday, March 6th will be issued a dividend of $0.28 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 6th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.4%. Bank of America’s payout ratio is presently 29.24%.

About Bank of America

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Bank of America Corporation is a multinational financial services company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It provides a broad array of banking, investment, asset management and related financial and risk management products and services to individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses, large corporations, governments and institutional investors. The firm operates through consumer banking, global wealth and investment management, global banking and markets businesses, offering capabilities across lending, deposits, payments, advisory and capital markets.

Its consumer-facing offerings include checking and savings accounts, mortgages, home equity lending, auto loans, credit cards and small business banking, supported by a nationwide branch network and digital channels.

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