Decker Wealth Management LLC Purchases Shares of 38,925 Bank of America Corporation $BAC

Decker Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 38,925 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,898,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in BAC. Abound Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of Bank of America in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Legacy Bridge LLC grew its position in Bank of America by 182.3% during the fourth quarter. Legacy Bridge LLC now owns 511 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 330 shares during the period. Wiser Advisor Group LLC acquired a new stake in Bank of America during the third quarter valued at $27,000. CrossGen Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Bank of America in the fourth quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Joseph Group Capital Management purchased a new position in Bank of America in the fourth quarter valued at $32,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 70.71% of the company’s stock.

Bank of America Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of NYSE BAC opened at $61.18 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $434.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.17. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $55.30 and its 200-day simple moving average is $53.13. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.23. Bank of America Corporation has a 52-week low of $44.75 and a 52-week high of $62.12.

Bank of America (NYSE:BACGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 14th. The financial services provider reported $1.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $8.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $30.78 billion. Bank of America had a net margin of 17.56% and a return on equity of 12.20%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.89 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Bank of America Corporation will post 4.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Bank of America Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 5th were paid a dividend of $0.28 per share. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 5th. Bank of America’s payout ratio is 25.69%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Bank of America news, insider Geoffrey S. Greener sold 126,756 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $53.01, for a total transaction of $6,719,335.56. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 1,373,397 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $72,803,774.97. This represents a 8.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.27% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently issued reports on BAC. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Bank of America in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Oppenheimer lowered Bank of America from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on Bank of America from $59.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price target on Bank of America from $67.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on Bank of America from $53.00 to $59.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Twenty-one equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $63.77.

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Bank of America Company Profile

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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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