TD Ameritrade (AMTD) Price Target Increased to $72.00 by Analysts at SunTrust Banks

TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD) had its price target boosted by SunTrust Banks to $72.00 in a report issued on Wednesday, The Fly reports. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the financial services provider’s stock. SunTrust Banks’ price objective indicates a potential upside of 29.10% from the company’s previous close.

Several other research analysts have also weighed in on the company. Deutsche Bank upped their price target on TD Ameritrade from $49.00 to $53.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 25th. BidaskClub lowered TD Ameritrade from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 7th. Jefferies Group reissued a “hold” rating and set a $46.00 price target on shares of TD Ameritrade in a research report on Friday, October 6th. Credit Suisse Group started coverage on TD Ameritrade in a research report on Thursday, November 30th. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $45.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Zacks Investment Research raised TD Ameritrade from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $58.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, December 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $56.65.

TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD) traded down $0.82 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $55.77. The company had a trading volume of 4,084,542 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,930,000. The firm has a market capitalization of $31,630.00, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.57. TD Ameritrade has a 52-week low of $36.12 and a 52-week high of $57.85. The company has a quick ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37.

TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 22nd. The financial services provider reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.29. The firm had revenue of $1.26 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.20 billion. TD Ameritrade had a return on equity of 19.35% and a net margin of 23.39%. sell-side analysts anticipate that TD Ameritrade will post 2.68 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its stake in shares of TD Ameritrade by 178.5% during the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 56,386 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $2,883,000 after acquiring an additional 36,137 shares in the last quarter. Cerebellum GP LLC bought a new stake in shares of TD Ameritrade during the 4th quarter worth about $126,000. Personal Capital Advisors Corp boosted its stake in shares of TD Ameritrade by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Personal Capital Advisors Corp now owns 824,187 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $42,141,000 after acquiring an additional 17,372 shares in the last quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue boosted its stake in shares of TD Ameritrade by 123.4% during the 4th quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 34,758 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,775,000 after acquiring an additional 19,200 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Westpac Banking Corp boosted its stake in shares of TD Ameritrade by 30.7% during the 4th quarter. Westpac Banking Corp now owns 235,695 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $12,051,000 after acquiring an additional 55,400 shares in the last quarter. 88.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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TD Ameritrade Company Profile

TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation is a provider of securities brokerage services and related technology-based financial services. The Company provides its services to retail investors, traders and independent registered investment advisors (RIAs). The Company provides its services through the Internet, a national branch network and relationships with RIAs.

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