Sienna Senior Living Inc. (TSE:SIA) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Sienna Senior Living Inc. (TSE:SIA) has received an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the eight research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$17.86.

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on SIA. Scotiabank increased their price objective on shares of Sienna Senior Living from C$17.50 to C$18.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. TD Securities set a C$20.00 price objective on shares of Sienna Senior Living and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 28th. CIBC cut their price objective on shares of Sienna Senior Living from C$19.00 to C$18.00 in a research report on Friday, February 28th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets set a C$17.00 price objective on shares of Sienna Senior Living and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th.

Sienna Senior Living Stock Performance

Shares of SIA opened at C$15.99 on Friday. 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 capitalization of C$1.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.59 and a beta of 1.20. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is C$15.53 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$16.13. Sienna Senior Living has a 12 month low of C$12.62 and a 12 month high of C$17.60.

Sienna Senior Living Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a $0.078 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.94 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.85%. Sienna Senior Living’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 232.73%.

About Sienna Senior Living

Sienna Senior Living Inc provides senior living and long-term care (LTC) services in Canada. The company operates through Retirement and LTC segments. It offers independent supportive and assisted living, memory care, and long-term care services; and management services to senior living residences. The company was formerly known as Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation and changed its name to Sienna Senior Living Inc in May 2015.