BankFinancial (BFIN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankFinancial in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" BFIN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BFIN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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BankFinancial saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 21,100 shares, a decline of 8.7% from the March 15th total of 23,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 10,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 7th 2024.
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BankFinancial Co. (NASDAQ:BFIN) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 31st. The bank reported $0.17 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.04. The bank earned $14.06 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.40 million. BankFinancial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.12% and a net margin of 13.31%.

BankFinancial announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 25th. Investors of record on Friday, February 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, February 23rd. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 8th.
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BankFinancial (NASDAQ:BFIN) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.00%. BFIN has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 53.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BFIN will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.06% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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25 employees have rated BankFinancial Chief Executive Officer F. Morgan Gasior on Glassdoor.com. F. Morgan Gasior has an approval rating of 29% among the company's employees. This puts F. Morgan Gasior in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 33.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at BankFinancial to a friend.

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