Analysts await Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NASDAQ:BKD) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $0.59 EPS, up 174.58% or $1.03 from last year’s $-0.44 per share.

At the moment 8 analysts are watching Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NASDAQ:BKD), 4 rate it “Buy”, 1 “Outperform”, 3 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 5 analysts have a mean sales target of 1,256.30 million. For the quarter ending Sep-16, 5 analysts have a mean sales target of 1,255.06 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 6 analysts have a mean target of 5,022.06 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 6 analysts have a 0.61 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Jun-16, for the quarter ending Sep-16, 6 analysts have a 0.63 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Sep-16 there are 6 estimates of 2.50 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Brookdale Senior Living Inc. include Glenview Capital Management LLC which owns 18 million shares in the company valued at $334.89 million. Vanguard Group Inc is the second biggest holder with 12 million shares currently valued at 229.39 million whilst Capital World Investors has 12 million shares valued at 228.17 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 194,994,567 with a reported 36,809,091 bought and 16,587,192 sold. These holdings make up 97.6% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 6,184,044 shares in the business which makes up 3.35% of shares. The biggest holder currently is T. Andrew Smith who owns 997,054 shares (0.54% of those outstanding), whilst Robert I. Kauffman holds 660,832 (0.36% of shares outstanding) and W. E. Sheriff holds 424,141 (0.23% of shares outstanding).

The stock increased 0.55% or $0.1 during the last trading session, hitting $28.40. Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NASDAQ:BKD) has risen 19.65% over the past 6 months and is uptrending.