Company Analysis

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (BKD)

NYSE: BKD · Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities · Brentwood, TN · filing with the SEC since 2005
Grade2.8
◀ Past 3.1● Present 2.2▶ Future 3.4

The grade of Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
2.8/10
◀ Past3.130% of the headline
● Present2.240% of the headline
▶ Future3.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
0.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-4.8% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 1 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 7th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4.7 billion in fiscal 2017 to $3.2 billion in fiscal 2025, down 4.8% a year; it rose in 4 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 42% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 1 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-4.8%bottom 7% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 9% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 5% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak41.9%bottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
1.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 7.3% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 18th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 7.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $358 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 20% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

2.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 101%: owes 101¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 17th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 14 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 101 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 11% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 5% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 25% of 22 in its family; net margin -8.2%.

weight 45% of this tense · 25th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.'s standing among 22 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 39% by size; a net margin of -8.2% ranks in the bottom 11%; revenue growth of 4.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.19Bbottom 39% of its family
  • net margin-8.2%bottom 11% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.2%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
2.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 22% of 19 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Stengle, Nikolas W (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-10-08, 1.1 years (bottom 18% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.7 years (bottom 36%); 13 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 11%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge13 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 11% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.7 yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.1 yearsbottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 28% of 22 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 28th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $279 million against debt of $4.2 billion leaves -66.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 17% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 0.5% of revenue (bottom 11%); a gross margin of 26.2% (top 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-66.1%bottom 17% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue0.5%bottom 11% of its family
  • gross margin26.2%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 48% of 22 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 48th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.2% a year over the last three filed years against -4.8% over all 9, speeding up (top 2% of its family); the newest year grew 2.2% (bottom 16%); capital spending grew 0.8% a year (bottom 29%) (its annual reports). Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Health Care Resident Service at $3.0 billion (95%), Reimbursement Costs Managed Communities at $141 million (4%), Management Service at $11 million (0%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+9.0 points a yeartop 2% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.2%bottom 16% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending0.8%bottom 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 19% of 22 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 19th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2.8% below the $3.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 25% of its family); net income of $263 million against a prior three-year average of $210 million (bottom 11%); a net margin of -8.2% against -7.1% before (bottom 20%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.8%bottom 25% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-25%bottom 11% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.2 pointsbottom 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BKD · research, not advice