How to buy Boston Private Financial Holdings shares in the UK

Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc (BPFH) is a publicly traded banks-regional business based in the US. It opened the day at $14.61 after a previous close of $14.74. During the day the price has varied from a low of $14.61 to a high of $14.85. The latest price was $14.75 (25 minute delay). Boston Private Financial Holdings is listed on the NASDAQ and employs 804 staff. All prices are listed in US Dollars.

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Search the platform for stock code: BPFH in this case.
Research Boston Private Financial Holdings shares. The platform should provide the latest information available.
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Fees for buying 100x Boston Private Financial Holdings shares with popular platforms

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Alternative ways to invest in Boston Private Financial Holdings

Buying shares in just one company can leave you more exposed to unexpected swings in the market than if you have a range of investments - a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend having a broad mix of assets and funds that hold a ready-made portfolio of at least 50 different companies' shares, on the basis that drops in the value of some will be offset by rises elsewhere.
Boston Private Financial Holdings is a major part of the NASDAQ index, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Is it a good time to buy Boston Private Financial Holdings stock?

Only you can make the decision on the time to leap. The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Use our graph to track the performance of BPFH stocks over time.
Share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Boston Private Financial Holdings's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0 up to $0. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Boston Private Financial Holdings's is 1.0565. This would suggest that Boston Private Financial Holdings's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

2 years (2021-05-27)	-4.16%
3 years (2020-05-28)	99.06%
5 years (2018-05-25)	-12.72%

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Is Boston Private Financial Holdings under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Boston Private Financial Holdings P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA

P/E ratio
Boston Private Financial Holdings PEG ratio

Boston Private Financial Holdings's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Boston Private Financial Holdings shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Boston Private Financial Holdings's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.66. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Boston Private Financial Holdings's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

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Frequently asked questions

Dividend yield: 2.04% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 1.63% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 31.6% of net profits

Boston Private Financial Holdings has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 2.04% of its share value annually.

Boston Private Financial Holdings has paid out, on average, around 31.6% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.63% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 1.63% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Boston Private Financial Holdings's case, that would currently equate to about $0.3 per share.

While Boston Private Financial Holdings's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that it may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Boston Private Financial Holdings's most recent dividend payout was on 20 May 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 5 May 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Currently 1.073% of Boston Private Financial Holdings shares are held by insiders and 96.26% by institutions.
It's as easy to sell Boston Private Financial Holdings as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Boston Private Financial Holdings that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Boston Private Financial Holdings shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold
The easiest way to get hold of some Boston Private Financial Holdings shares is to sign up for a share trading app and place a market order or basic order. This type of order tells the platform that you're interested, so it'll try to execute it as quickly as it can. It could take some time for the order to go through, especially if there's a lot of volatility in Boston Private Financial Holdings shares.

Financials

Revenue TTM	$326.1 million
Operating margin TTM	26.6%
Gross profit TTM	$295.3 million
Return on assets TTM	0.57%
Return on equity TTM	6.52%
Profit margin	16.87%
Book value	$10.411
Market capitalisation	$1.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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How to buy Boston Private Financial Holdings shares

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