Brookdale Senr (BKD) Price: $13.64

Industry: Medical CareChaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Thu Sep 22 16:07 EDT 2011

Brookdale Senr

BKD$13.64

Expert Opinions

Price/Volume Activity

Earnings Performance

Financial Metrics

Power Gauge Rating

BKD Brookdale Senr

News Sentiment :Neutral

September 21, 2011

News Sentiment Rating

Neutral

Chaikin Sentiment GaugeTM

for BKD is neutral. Stories concerning BKD have abalanced or neutral sentiment.

Power Trend - 5 Year Chart

The Power Gauge distills a 20 factor model into a concise picture of a stock's potential. High Potential Neutral Low Potential

BKD - Very Bearish

The Chaikin Power Gauge RatingTM

for BKD is very bearish due to very poorfinancial metrics and very weak earnings performance. The rating also reflectsbullish price/volume activity.

BKD's financial metrics are very poor due to a high long term debt to equityratio and low return on equity.

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Financials & Earnings

Business Value

Price to Sales Ratio

Return on Equity

Price to Book Value

LT Debt/Equity Ratio

Financial Metrics Financial Metrics Rating

Assets and Liabilities Valuation Returns

Very Bearish

BKD's financial metrics are very poor. The company is carrying too much longterm debt and yields a relatively low return on shareholder's equity.

The rank is based on a high long term debt to equity ratio, low return on equity,high price to sales ratio and relatively low cash flow.

Ratio TTM

Current Ratio 0.44

LT Debt/Equity 2.36

Ratio TTM

Price/Book 1.56

Price/Sales 0.75

Ratio TTM

Return on Invest -0.4%

Return on Equity -1.3%

Earnings Consistency

Projected P/E Ratio

Earnings Trend

Earnings Surprise

Earnings Growth

Earnings Performance Earnings Performance Rating

5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth EPS Estimates

EPS Surprise EPS Quarterly Results

Very Bearish

BKD's earnings performance has been very weak. The company has not metanalysts' earnings estimates and is priced relatively high compared to next year'sprojected EPS.

The rank is based on worse than expected earnings in recent quarters, arelatively high projected P/E ratio and consistent earnings over the past 5 years.

12/06 12/07 12/08 12/09 12/10

Revenue(M) 1,309.91 1,839.30 1,928.05 2,023.07 2,213.26

Rev % Growth - 40.41% 4.83% 4.93% 9.40%

EPS $-1.34 $-1.60 $-3.67 $-0.60 $-0.41

EPS % Growth - -19.40% -129.37% 83.65% 31.67%

Factor Actual EPS Prev EST EPS Current Change

Quarterly EPS $-0.14 $-0.05 +0.09

Yearly EPS $-0.41 $-0.34 +0.07

Factor Actual EPS Growth Est EPS Growth Change

3-5 year EPS 14.89% 12.50% -2.39

Estimate Actual Difference % Difference

Latest Qtr $-0.02 $-0.01 $0.01 50.00

1 Qtr Ago $-0.03 $-0.01 $0.02 66.67

2 Qtr Ago $-0.06 $0.01 $0.07 116.67

3 Qtr Ago $-0.09 $-0.10 $-0.01 -11.11

FY Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Total

12/09 $-0.13 $-0.10 $-0.18 $-0.18 $-0.59

12/10 $-0.12 $-0.08 $-0.14 $-0.07 $-0.41

12/11 $-0.10 $-0.28 - - -

Fiscal Year End Month is December.

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Price Trend & Expert Opinions

Volume Trend

Price Trend ROC

Price Trend

Chaikin Money Flow

Relative Strength vs Market

Price/Volume Activity Price/Volume Activity Rating

Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index

Chart shows whether BKD is performing better or worse than the market.

Chaikin Money Flow

Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.

Price Activity Price Activity Volume Activity

Bullish

Price and volume activity for BKD is bullish. BKD is in an accelerating price trendcompared to 4 months ago and is trading on higher volume than its 90 dayaverage volume.

The rank for BKD is based on its relative weakness versus the market, a negativeChaikin price trend, a positive Chaikin price trend ROC and an increasing volumetrend.

Factor Value

52 Week High 28.05

52 Week Low 13.53

% Change YTD Rel S&P 500 -24.50%

Factor Value

% Change Price - 4 Weeks -4.68%

% Change Price - 24 Weeks -50.36%

% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P -3.79%

% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P -43.18%

Factor Value

Average Volume 20 Days 1,615,952

Average Volume 90 Days 1,614,278

Chaikin Money Flow Persistency 48%

Relative Strength vs Industry

Analyst Opinions

Insider Activity

Short Interest

Earnings Estimate Revisions

Expert Opinions Expert Opinions

Earnings Estimate Revisions Analyst Recommendations EPS Estimates Revision Summary

Neutral

Expert opinions about BKD are neutral. Insiders are net buyers of BKD's stockand BKD has been under-performing the Medical Care industry over the past 13weeks.

The rank for BKD is based on analysts revising earnings estimates downward, ahigh short interest ratio, insiders purchasing stock, optimistic analyst opinions andrelative weakness of the stock versus the Medical Care industry group.

Current 7 Days Ago % Change

Current Qtr -0.05 -0.05 0.00%

Next Qtr -0.01 -0.01 0.00%

Current 30 Days Ago % Change

Current FY -0.34 -0.34 0.00

Factor Value

Mean this Week Buy

Mean Last Week Buy

Change 0.00

Mean 5 Weeks Ago Buy

Last Week Last 4 Weeks

Up Down Up Down

Curr Qtr 0 0 1 0

Curr Yr 0 0 0 0

Next Qtr 0 0 0 0

Next Yr 0 0 1 0

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The Company & Its Competitors

BKD's Competitors in Medical Care

Company Power Historic EPS Projected EPS Profit Margin PEG PE Revenue(M)Gauge growth growth

BKD 14.89% 12.50% -3.14% - - 2,213

SKH 9.04% 9.75% 0.92% 0.35 3.11 820

FVE 10.47% 10.00% 1.64% 0.49 4.28 1,241

SBRA 22.11% 7.50% -2.14% 1.13 3.78 1,907

KND 2.19% 12.00% 0.90% 0.45 5.52 4,360

SRZ -4.81% - 3.89% - - 1,407

TMH 47.29% 13.20% 1.23% 1.02 14.35 2,671

ESC 21.60% 15.00% -2.56% - - 1,007

News Headlines for BKD

Brookdale Board of Directors Authorizes $100Million Share Repurchase Program - Aug 11,2011

Brookdale will buy Horizon, form venture withHCP - Jun 1, 2011

Brookdale Senior Living Announces Acquisitions- Jan 18, 2011

Brookdale Announces Secondary Offering bySelling Stockholders - Nov 9, 2010

Company Details Company Profile

BROOKDALE SENR111 WESTWOOD PLACE SUITE400BRENTWOOD, TN 37027USAPhone: (615) 221-2250Fax: 615-221-2289Website:http://http://www.brookdaleliving.comFull Time Employees: 38,600Sector: Medical

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. is a leading owner and operator of senior living facilitiesthroughout the United States. The Company is committed to providing an exceptionalliving experience through properties that are designed, purpose-built and operated toprovide the highest-quality service, care and living accommodations for residents. TheCompany owns and operates independent, assisted and dementia-care facilities.

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