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BankofAmericaCorp(NYSE:BAC)sharesaretradingslightlylowerat$38.65thisweek,throughWednesdaymorning,afterBerkshireHathawayrecentlysoldoffover$550millionworthofBankofAmericashares,averaging$39.50pershare.

WhatElse:ThissalereducesBerkshire'sholdingtoabout928millionshares,wortharound$37billion,orroughly12%ofthecompany'stotalshares.Additionally,ifBerkshire'sstakefallsbelow10%,itwouldnolongerberequiredtodisclosesharesaleswithintwodays.

ThisdivestmentispartofabroadertrendwhereBerkshirehasreduceditsinvestmentsinbanks,suchasWellsFargoandBankofNewYorkMellon,anditnowonlyholdsasmallstakeinCitigroup.

BerkshireHathaway'slarge-scalesalemightsignaltothemarketthatamajorinvestorlacksconfidenceinBankofAmerica'sfutureperformance,potentiallyleadingotherinvestorstoselltheirsharesaswell.

Althoughexactreasonsremainunclear,thesalecouldalsosuggestthatBerkshirebelievesthestockisovervaluedorthattherearepotentialissueswithBankofAmerica'sfinancialhealthorprospects,promptingconcernsamonginvestors.

BerkshireHathawaylastweekalsodisclosedsignificantstocksalesinthesecondquarter,includingsellingover389millionAppleshares.Despitethislargesale,BerkshireHathawaystillholds400millionAppleshares.

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IsBACAGoodStockToBuy?

Whendecidingwhethertobuyastock,therearesomekeyfundamentalsinvestorsmaywanttoconsider.Oneofthesefactorsisrevenuegrowth.Buyingastockisessentiallyabetthatthebusinesswillcontinuetogrowandgenerateprofitsinthefuture.

It'salsoimportanttopayattentiontovaluationwhendecidingwhethertobuyastock.BankofAmericahasaforwardP/Eratioof11.72.Thismeansinvestorsarepaying$11.72foreachdollarofexpectedearningsinthefuture.TheaverageforwardP/EratioofBankofAmerica'speersis11.38.

Otherimportantmetricstolookatincludeacompany'sprofitability,balancesheet,performancerelativetoabenchmarkindexandvaluationcomparedtopeers.Forin-depthanalysistoolsandimportantfinancialdata,checkoutBenzingaPRO.

AccordingtodatafromBenzingaPro,BAChasa52-weekhighof$44.44anda52-weeklowof$24.96.