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Bank of America BAC

US equityMarket cap rank #30Banks - DiversifiedAsset Management
$56.04
+$0.04 (+0.06%)
Market open · Sep 24, 2:00 pm ET
After hours $56.14 +0.25%
Open$56.14
Prev close$56.00
Day range$55.84 – $56.53
Volume23.20M
Market cap$391.84B
P/E (TTM)12.9
Dividend yield2.00%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

BAC at a glance

Shares of Bank of America are up 0.06% at $56.04. The company is worth $391.84B, number 30 out of 300 on our list.

The 52-week range is $45.64 to $64.89. Today's price is about 54% of the way from the low to the high. Holders are ahead 10.7% over twelve months, but down 2.4% across the last three months.

Price is below the 50-day average ($61.52) but above the 200-day ($54.76); RSI is 26, which some call oversold, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 23% annualized volatility.

For the quarter ended Jun 2026 it reported $31.56B in revenue, up 15.0% from a year earlier, with $9.07B of net profit (a 26.9% margin).

Buyers are paying 12.9 times trailing earnings, 6% above its five-year average of 12.2. The median for its industry group is 16.3.

16 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $68.86, sits 22.9% over where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Bank of America: the business

Bank of America is one of the largest U.S. banks, with consumer banking, wealth management through Merrill and a big investment bank.

What tends to move it. Net interest income, which depends on rates and deposit costs, plus loan losses and trading revenue, determine results.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
+0.1%
1 week
-3.2%
1 month
-9.6%
3 months
-2.4%
6 months
+17.6%
Year to date
+3.5%
1 year
+10.7%
Day range
$55.84$56.53
52-week range
$45.64$64.89

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readLeaning bearish

2 bullish · 4 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average-7.3%Bearish
Price vs 50-day average-8.9%Bearish
Price vs 200-day average+2.3%Bullish
50-day vs 200-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)26.5Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)-1.33Bearish
Bollinger band position2%Bearish

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$56.03 / $56.04
Average price today$56.12
Volume23.20MAvg (90d) 34.78M
Turnover$1.30B
Turnover rate0.33%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.82vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude1.23%
Market cap$391.84B
Float market cap$390.30B
Shares outstanding6.97B
EPS (TTM)$3.81
P/E (TTM)12.94
P/B1.42
Book value / share$39.48
Earnings yield0.11%
Dividend (TTM)$1.12 / shareYield 2.00%
Net profit (TTM)$26.64B
Net assets$276.09B
30-day volatility23.3%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)2.44%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-17.9%-13.1% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 2:00 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How BAC ranks on BeStock

Market value#30 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#39 of 283
Dividend yield#114 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#148 of 300
Dollar volume today#30 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jun 2026

Revenue$31.56B+15.0% YoY
Net profit$9.07B+26.6% YoY
Diluted EPS$1.21+34.4% YoY
Free cash flow$29.04B+418.0% YoY
Operating cash flow$29.04B

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$25.3BSep '24$29.3BDec '24$28.2BMar '25$27.4BJun '25$28.1BSep '25$31.2BDec '25$30.3BMar '26$31.6BJun '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$6.9BSep '24$6.5BDec '24$7.4BMar '25$7.2BJun '25$8.5BSep '25$7.5BDec '25$8.6BMar '26$9.1BJun '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Net margin26.9%
Return on equity11.6%
Return on assets0.9%
Liabilities / assets91.4%
Cash & investments$239.19B
Total debt$399.84B
Net cash (debt)-$160.65B
Free cash flow / sales79.5%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2026/Q2

By business line

  • Consumer Banking$11.34B 34.9%
  • Global Markets$8.02B 24.7%
  • Global Wealth & Investment Management$6.87B 21.2%
  • Global Banking$6.24B 19.2%
Average move on report day±2.5%last 15 reports
Closed higher10 of 1567% of the time
Best reaction+5.3%
Worst reaction-3.8%

Stock move on the day after each report

+0.5%2024/Q3-1.0%2024/Q4+3.6%2025/Q1-0.3%2025/Q2+4.4%2025/Q3-3.8%2025/Q4+1.8%2026/Q1+1.9%2026/Q2

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings14.5x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 84th percentile, 5-year average 12.2x

#1036 of 2977 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book1.6x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 98th percentile, 5-year average 1.2x

#2371 of 5303 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales3.7x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 85th percentile, 5-year average 3.2x

#3374 of 5143 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

7x10x14x18xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$66.00
Price vs. fair value-15.1%Trading below the estimate
Star rating★★★☆☆
Economic moatWide
UncertaintyMedium

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts16
Average target$68.86+22.9% vs. price
  • Buy 88%
  • Hold 13%
Low $62.00Now $56.04Avg $68.86High $79.00

Latest rating actions

  • 11 Sep 2026Truist FinancialBUY
  • 8 Sep 2026Morgan StanleyBUY · PT $67.00
  • 8 Sep 2026Goldman SachsBUY · PT $79.00
  • 3 Sep 2026JefferiesBUY · PT $75.00
  • 3 Aug 2026UBSBUY · PT $70.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership77.9%+0.17 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding4,073-16 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)5 buys / 4 sellsNet buying
Short interest1.18% of floatDays to cover 2.6 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share21.1%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

11%17%24%31%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$470.21M (6 inflow days, 14 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)2.00%
Last dividend$0.32Ex-date 4 Sep 2026
Next-to-last$0.28
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

0.5420180.6620190.7220200.7820210.8620220.9220231.0020241.082025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 10.4% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • Goldman Sachs Maintains Bank of America(BAC.US) With Buy Rating, Raises Target Price to $79Market news · 9 Sep 2026
  • Morgan Stanley Maintains Bank of America(BAC.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $67Market news · 8 Sep 2026
  • Jefferies Maintains Bank of America(BAC.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $75Market news · 3 Sep 2026
  • Bank of America (BAC.US) shares plunged as much as 6% after the CEO issued a cautious outlook, projecting Q3 trading revenue to remain flat year-on-year and investment banking fee income to potentially miss expectations.Zhitong Finance · 15 Sep 2026
  • Wells Fargo Maintains Bank of America(BAC.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $69Market news · 15 Sep 2026
  • Morgan Stanley Maintains Bank of America(BAC.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $67Market news · 15 Sep 2026

BAC stock: common questions

How is Bank of America stock doing today?

$56.04 is the latest print for BAC, a move of +0.06% against yesterday's close of $56.00. Today's low and high so far: $55.84 and $56.53.

What is BAC worth in total?

Equity value comes to $391.84B at the current price. By that measure it is number 30 of the 300 names in our coverage.

How is Bank of America valued against its profits?

Buyers pay 12.9 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $3.81). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 12.2, and today's level ranks in the 84th percentile of its own history.

Where does BAC sit in its 52-week range?

The year's floor is $45.64 and the ceiling $64.89. Shares are 13.7% away from that ceiling.

Does BAC send cash back through a dividend?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 2.00% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was September 4, 2026.

What is the analyst view on Bank of America?

Of 16 analysts, 88% say buy, 13% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $68.86, with the most cautious at $62.00 and the most optimistic at $79.00.

What does Bank of America do?

Bank of America is one of the largest U.S. banks, with consumer banking, wealth management through Merrill and a big investment bank.

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