Fintel reports that on September 4, 2026, Baird upgraded their outlook for Sonida Senior Living (NYSE:SNDA) from Neutral to Outperform. Prior to this upgrade, Baird had maintained a Neutral rating on the stock, with the last action recorded on April 24, 2026, when the firm maintained its Neutral rating.
Sonida Senior Living, Inc., based in the United States, operates predominantly within the healthcare sector, focusing on providing senior living services. The company primarily manages and owns senior living communities that offer independent living, assisted living, and memory care options. On September 3, 2026, the day before the upgrade, the stock’s pre-action close was $37.88. This latest close of $37.88 represents a price change of -2.87% over one week, compared to a baseline close of $39.00 on August 27, 2026. Over a one-month period, the stock experienced a price change of -5.82% from a baseline close of $40.22 on August 3, 2026.
The company reported its latest earnings on August 10, 2026. Sonida Senior Living recorded an actual EPS of -0.5, compared to an estimated EPS of -1.1832. Its actual revenue was $207,648,000,000,000.00, while the estimated revenue was $213,562,500,000,000.00. Following these results, on August 13, 2026, the company filed a Form 8-K with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, which listed its principal executive offices at 14755 Preston Road, Suite 810, Dallas, Texas, 75254, and noted the date of the earliest event reported as August 7, 2026.
Separately from Baird’s individual rating, the current consensus target mean for the stock was $48.45 as of August 28, 2026, which is identical to the consensus target median of $48.45. This mean target represents an implied change of +27.90% from the pre-action close and is a +10.47% revision from the prior consensus target mean of $43.86 recorded on August 4, 2026. As of the current recommendation period on September 1, 2026, the aggregate recommendation total was 12, consisting of 3 strong buy, 6 buy, and 3 hold recommendations, representing 75.0% positive and 25.0% hold recommendations. This compares to the prior recommendation period on August 1, 2026, which had a total of 11 recommendations, including 2 strong buy, 6 buy, and 3 hold recommendations, representing 72.7% positive and 27.3% hold recommendations.
Other recent analyst actions include Morgan Stanley maintaining an Equal-Weight rating on September 1, 2026. On August 11, 2026, Compass Point initiated coverage with a Buy rating, and Cantor Fitzgerald maintained an Overweight rating.
Recent analyst actions
Recent analyst upgrades, downgrades, initiations, and maintained ratings Date Analyst Prior Latest recommendation Action September 4, 2026 Baird Neutral Outperform upgrade September 1, 2026 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight maintained August 11, 2026 Compass Point Buy initiated coverage August 11, 2026 Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Overweight maintained
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