News headlines about Bridgepoint Education (NYSE:BPI) have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Bridgepoint Education earned a media sentiment score of 0.22 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news stories about the company an impact score of 49.3802144775249 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the near future.
Here are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern’s rankings:
- Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (BPI) Director Sells $18,678,555.00 in Stock (americanbankingnews.com)
- Bridgepoint Educ Has Returned 30.8% Since SmarTrend Recommendation (BPI) (mysmartrend.com)
- Insider Trading Activity Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE:BPI) – CEO Sold 54,075 shares of Stock (4-traders.com)
- Insider Selling: Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (BPI) CEO Sells 54,075 Shares of Stock (americanbankingnews.com)
- Active Stocks In the Red – NETS, MYO, CGIX, BPI, PLAB, DO, AAP (fxpips.com)
A number of equities research analysts have commented on BPI shares. ValuEngine upgraded Bridgepoint Education from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 28th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Bridgepoint Education from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $14.00 target price on the stock in a report on Tuesday, May 2nd. BidaskClub cut Bridgepoint Education from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 6th. Finally, Piper Jaffray Companies reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $16.00 target price on shares of Bridgepoint Education in a report on Friday, July 21st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $14.00.
Bridgepoint Education (NYSE:BPI) traded up 0.92% during midday trading on Friday, hitting $8.75. The stock had a trading volume of 376,807 shares. The stock’s market cap is $254.52 million. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $11.73 and a 200 day moving average price of $11.96. Bridgepoint Education has a one year low of $5.38 and a one year high of $15.85.
Bridgepoint Education (NYSE:BPI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 26th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.02. Bridgepoint Education had a positive return on equity of 9.16% and a negative net margin of 1.39%. The firm had revenue of $124.58 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $127 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.12 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 9.7% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts expect that Bridgepoint Education will post $0.64 EPS for the current year.
In other news, CEO Andrew S. Clark sold 54,075 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.83, for a total transaction of $477,482.25. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 146,806 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,296,296.98. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Pincus Private Equity Warburg sold 2,075,395 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.00, for a total transaction of $18,678,555.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 2,183,546 shares of company stock worth $19,905,531. Corporate insiders own 41.50% of the company’s stock.
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Bridgepoint Education Company Profile
Bridgepoint Education, Inc (Bridgepoint) is a provider of postsecondary education services. The Company’s academic institutions include Ashford University and University of the Rockies. Bridgepoint’s institutions conduct ongoing faculty and student assessment processes, and provide a range of student services.
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