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

Sienna Senior Living Inc. (TSE:SIA) has been given an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the seven brokerages that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, four have given a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$18.00.

SIA has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Cormark raised shares of Sienna Senior Living to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 28th. Scotiabank lifted 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 lifted their price objective on shares of Sienna Senior Living from C$18.00 to C$19.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 21st. Finally, CIBC lifted their price objective on shares of Sienna Senior Living from C$17.00 to C$19.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th.

Sienna Senior Living Price Performance

TSE SIA opened at C$15.07 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 0.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 275.10. Sienna Senior Living has a 12-month low of C$11.81 and a 12-month high of C$17.60. The company has a market capitalization of C$1.24 billion, a PE ratio of 38.64 and a beta of 1.20. The firm’s 50 day moving average is C$15.97 and its 200-day moving average is C$15.99.

Sienna Senior Living (TSE:SIA) last issued its earnings results on Monday, November 11th. The company reported C$0.06 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.31 by C($0.25). Sienna Senior Living had a return on equity of 7.45% and a net margin of 3.40%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.26 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Sienna Senior Living will post 0.4595351 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Sienna Senior Living Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.078 per share. This represents a $0.94 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 31st. Sienna Senior Living’s payout ratio is 241.03%.

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.