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Boston Private Financial Stock Hits New 52-Week High (BPFH)

By TheStreet Wire 12/22/11 - 12:10 PM EST

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Boston Private Financial Holdings (Nasdaq:BPFH) hit a new 52-week high Thursday as it is currently trading at $8.26, above its previous 52-week high of $8.25 with 208,896 shares traded as of 11:44 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 799,400 shares over the past 30 days.

Boston Private Financial has a market cap of $615.5 million and is part of the financial sector and banking industry. Shares are up 22.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the multi-bank holding company in the United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 87.7, above the average banking industry P/E ratio of 49.3 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Boston Private Financial as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, increase in net income and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's return on equity has been disappointing. You can view the full Boston Private Financial Ratings Report.

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