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

Shares of Sienna Senior Living Inc. (TSE:SIA) have received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the eight research firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, five have given a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is C$17.86.

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

Sienna Senior Living Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of SIA stock opened at C$16.72 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of C$1.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.40 and a beta of 1.20. The company’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. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 215.47, a current ratio of 0.43 and a quick ratio of 0.23.

Sienna Senior Living Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th were issued a dividend of $0.078 per share. This represents a $0.94 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.60%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 28th. Sienna Senior Living’s payout ratio is 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.