Sienna Senior Living Inc. (TSE:SIA) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Sienna Senior Living Inc. (TSE:SIA) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the eight analysts that are covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, five have issued a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is C$17.86.

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. CIBC dropped their price target on shares of Sienna Senior Living from C$19.00 to C$18.00 in a research report on Friday, February 28th. BMO Capital Markets set a C$17.00 target price on Sienna Senior Living and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, TD Securities set a C$20.00 price target on Sienna Senior Living and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 28th.

Sienna Senior Living Price Performance

Shares of TSE:SIA opened at C$16.72 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 0.43, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 215.47. The stock has a market cap of C$1.38 billion, a PE ratio of 41.40 and a beta of 1.20. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is C$15.86 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$16.21. Sienna Senior Living has a 1-year low of C$12.62 and a 1-year high of C$17.60.

Sienna Senior Living Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th were given a $0.078 dividend. This represents a $0.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 28th. Sienna Senior Living’s dividend payout ratio is currently 232.73%.

About Sienna Senior Living

Sienna Senior Living Inc is one of the largest owners of seniors’ housing, the largest licensed long-term care operator in Ontario, and a provider of services across the full continuum of care. The firm operates solely within Canada. The company is comprised of the following main business segments, LTC Business, Retirement and Other.