S&P 500   4,967.23
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QQQ   414.65
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American Express profits jump 34%, helped by jump in new customers, higher spending
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S&P 500   4,967.23
DOW   37,986.40
QQQ   414.65
How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 4/19/2024
Stock market today: Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to the finish line of another losing week
American Express profits jump 34%, helped by jump in new customers, higher spending
American Express, Fifth Third rise; Netflix, PPG Industries fall, Friday, 4/19/2024
Intuitive Surgical Stock Can Trend Much Higher This Year 
3 Magnificent Seven Stocks Outperforming the Rest
Bargain Hunting: 3 Stocks With RSIs That Scream Oversold
S&P 500   4,967.23
DOW   37,986.40
QQQ   414.65
How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 4/19/2024
Stock market today: Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to the finish line of another losing week
American Express profits jump 34%, helped by jump in new customers, higher spending
American Express, Fifth Third rise; Netflix, PPG Industries fall, Friday, 4/19/2024
Intuitive Surgical Stock Can Trend Much Higher This Year 
3 Magnificent Seven Stocks Outperforming the Rest
Bargain Hunting: 3 Stocks With RSIs That Scream Oversold
S&P 500   4,967.23
DOW   37,986.40
QQQ   414.65
How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 4/19/2024
Stock market today: Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to the finish line of another losing week
American Express profits jump 34%, helped by jump in new customers, higher spending
American Express, Fifth Third rise; Netflix, PPG Industries fall, Friday, 4/19/2024
Intuitive Surgical Stock Can Trend Much Higher This Year 
3 Magnificent Seven Stocks Outperforming the Rest
Bargain Hunting: 3 Stocks With RSIs That Scream Oversold

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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Stocks - Price & Volume

CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Great Ajax Corp. stock logo
AJX
Great Ajax
$3.47
+2.1%
$4.01
$3.30
$7.20
$95.29M1.87168,478 shs114,683 shs
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
$21.00
+3.9%
$20.85
$16.90
$27.78
$286.86M0.6119,265 shs14,531 shs
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. stock logo
HALL
Hallmark Financial Services
$0.70
-5.4%
$0.81
$0.57
$6.92
$1.47M1.1619,238 shs1,388 shs
Saratoga Investment Corp. stock logo
SAR
Saratoga Investment
$22.95
+1.0%
$23.17
$22.35
$28.87
$313.27M1.3293,394 shs37,411 shs
Value Line, Inc. stock logo
VALU
Value Line
$37.37
+1.0%
$40.40
$32.07
$62.09
$348.82M0.762,424 shs830 shs
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Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Great Ajax Corp. stock logo
AJX
Great Ajax
-2.16%-11.36%-2.02%-36.48%-49.48%
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
+1.81%-0.20%+0.05%-10.73%-11.86%
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. stock logo
HALL
Hallmark Financial Services
+9.19%-7.19%-7.19%-13.66%-87.25%
Saratoga Investment Corp. stock logo
SAR
Saratoga Investment
+0.60%-2.28%+0.09%-1.35%-7.15%
Value Line, Inc. stock logo
VALU
Value Line
-2.61%-3.49%-4.69%-12.94%-22.08%

MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Great Ajax Corp. stock logo
AJX
Great Ajax
4.6523 of 5 stars
3.23.01.73.14.10.82.5
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
3.8879 of 5 stars
1.84.03.30.02.81.73.8
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. stock logo
HALL
Hallmark Financial Services
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Saratoga Investment Corp. stock logo
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.9703 of 5 stars
2.13.01.70.02.40.81.9
Value Line, Inc. stock logo
VALU
Value Line
0.7033 of 5 stars
0.03.01.70.02.30.01.3

Analyst Ratings

CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Great Ajax Corp. stock logo
AJX
Great Ajax
2.33
Hold$8.33140.15% Upside
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
1.67
Reduce$23.1710.32% Upside
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. stock logo
HALL
Hallmark Financial Services
N/AN/AN/AN/A
Saratoga Investment Corp. stock logo
SAR
Saratoga Investment
2.20
Hold$26.7516.56% Upside
Value Line, Inc. stock logo
VALU
Value Line
N/AN/AN/AN/A

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest HALL, SAR, VALU, FMAO, and AJX Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
4/5/2024
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
Hovde Group
Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating
Initiated CoverageMarket Perform$22.00
3/21/2024
Great Ajax Corp. stock logo
AJX
Great Ajax
B. Riley
Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating
Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy$8.00 ➝ $6.00
(Data available from 4/19/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Great Ajax Corp. stock logo
AJX
Great Ajax
$-16.86M-5.65N/AN/A$10.06 per share0.34
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
$155.85M1.84$2.07 per share10.13$23.16 per share0.91
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. stock logo
HALL
Hallmark Financial Services
$286.99M0.01N/AN/A$33.16 per share0.02
Saratoga Investment Corp. stock logo
SAR
Saratoga Investment
$99.10M3.16$3.22 per share7.13$29.18 per share0.79
Value Line, Inc. stock logo
VALU
Value Line
$38.20M9.22$2.02 per share18.47$8.86 per share4.22

Profitability & Earnings

CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Great Ajax Corp. stock logo
AJX
Great Ajax
-$47.07M-$1.97N/A7.71N/AN/A-2.69%-0.55%5/2/2024 (Estimated)
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
$22.79M$1.6712.5712.00N/A14.62%7.46%0.72%N/A
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. stock logo
HALL
Hallmark Financial Services
-$108.11M-$43.93N/AN/A-48.14%-231.53%-4.30%N/A
Saratoga Investment Corp. stock logo
SAR
Saratoga Investment
$24.68M$1.9411.836.25N/A16.45%14.43%4.46%5/6/2024 (Confirmed)
Value Line, Inc. stock logo
VALU
Value Line
$18.07M$1.9419.26N/A47.81%21.23%13.83%7/26/2024 (Estimated)

Latest HALL, SAR, VALU, FMAO, and AJX Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/6/2024N/A
Saratoga Investment Corp. stock logo
SAR
Saratoga Investment
$0.96N/A-$0.96N/AN/AN/A  
4/19/2024N/A
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
N/A$0.35+$0.35N/AN/AN/A
3/15/2024Q3 2024
Value Line, Inc. stock logo
VALU
Value Line
N/A$0.62+$0.62$0.62N/A$9.13 million
2/26/202412/31/2023
Great Ajax Corp. stock logo
AJX
Great Ajax
$0.21-$0.07-$0.28$0.72$5.65 million$17.66 million
2/13/2024Q4 2023
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
$0.32$0.41+$0.09$0.41$22.90 million$23.86 million

Dividends

CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Great Ajax Corp. stock logo
AJX
Great Ajax
$0.4011.53%+14.22%N/A N/A
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
$0.884.19%+17.48%52.69%1 Years
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. stock logo
HALL
Hallmark Financial Services
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Saratoga Investment Corp. stock logo
SAR
Saratoga Investment
$2.9212.72%+27.21%150.52%3 Years
Value Line, Inc. stock logo
VALU
Value Line
$1.123.00%-66.36%57.73%1 Years

Latest HALL, SAR, VALU, FMAO, and AJX Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
3/19/2024
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
Quarterly$0.224.36%3/27/20243/29/20244/20/2024
2/26/2024
Great Ajax Corp. stock logo
AJX
Great Ajax
Quarterly$0.109.35%3/14/20243/15/20243/29/2024
2/15/2024
Saratoga Investment Corp. stock logo
SAR
Saratoga Investment
Quarterly$0.7312.37%3/12/20243/13/20243/28/2024
1/19/2024
Value Line, Inc. stock logo
VALU
Value Line
quarterly$0.282.7%1/26/20241/29/20242/9/2024
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Great Ajax Corp. stock logo
AJX
Great Ajax
1.86
1.99
1.99
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
0.93
1.01
1.01
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. stock logo
HALL
Hallmark Financial Services
N/A
0.74
0.74
Saratoga Investment Corp. stock logo
SAR
Saratoga Investment
0.10
0.07
0.07
Value Line, Inc. stock logo
VALU
Value Line
N/A
3.16
3.16

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Great Ajax Corp. stock logo
AJX
Great Ajax
58.60%
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
23.96%
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. stock logo
HALL
Hallmark Financial Services
5.62%
Saratoga Investment Corp. stock logo
SAR
Saratoga Investment
19.09%
Value Line, Inc. stock logo
VALU
Value Line
6.26%

Miscellaneous

CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Great Ajax Corp. stock logo
AJX
Great Ajax
N/A27.46 million26.42 millionNot Optionable
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
45613.66 million12.60 millionOptionable
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. stock logo
HALL
Hallmark Financial Services
2572.09 million1.50 millionNot Optionable
Saratoga Investment Corp. stock logo
SAR
Saratoga Investment
513.65 million11.85 millionOptionable
Value Line, Inc. stock logo
VALU
Value Line
1389.43 million9.42 millionNot Optionable

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marketwatch.com - April 19 at 6:18 PM
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finance.yahoo.com - April 19 at 6:18 PM
VALUE LINE, INC. ANNOUNCES 10TH CONSECUTIVE INCREASE IN ITS DIVIDEND; QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND OF $0.30 PER COMMON SHARE DECLAREDVALUE LINE, INC. ANNOUNCES 10TH CONSECUTIVE INCREASE IN ITS DIVIDEND; QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND OF $0.30 PER COMMON SHARE DECLARED
globenewswire.com - April 19 at 3:24 PM
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americanbankingnews.com - April 17 at 3:50 AM
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americanbankingnews.com - April 17 at 2:16 AM
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bloomberg.com - April 9 at 9:10 PM
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americanbankingnews.com - April 9 at 3:38 AM
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Company Descriptions

Great Ajax logo

Great Ajax

NYSE:AJX
Great Ajax Corp. operates as a mortgage real estate investment trust. It acquires re-performing and non-performing loans; acquires or originates small balance commercial mortgage loans that are secured by multi-family residential and commercial mixed use retail/residential properties; and invests in single-family and smaller commercial properties. The company elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Great Ajax Corp. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Tigard, Oregon.
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp logo

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp

NASDAQ:FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for The Farmers & Merchants State Bank that provides commercial banking services to individuals and small businesses in Northwest Ohio and Northeast Indiana. The company offers checking, savings, and time deposit accounts; certificates of deposit; and custodial services for individual retirement and health savings accounts. It also provides commercial, agricultural, and residential mortgage, as well as consumer lending products; loans for farmland, farm equipment, and livestock; operating loans for seeds, fertilizers, and feeds; home improvement loans; and loans for autos, trucks, recreational vehicles, and motorcycles. In addition, the company offers commercial real estate loans, such as lines of credit and machinery purchase loans. Further, it provides automated teller machine or interactive teller machine services; and online and mobile banking, bill-pay, on-line statement opportunities, and remote deposit capture or electronic deposit processing. Additionally, the company offers electronic transaction origination, such as wire and automated clearing house file transmittal services. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Archbold, Ohio.
Hallmark Financial Services logo

Hallmark Financial Services

NASDAQ:HALL
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. underwrites, markets, distributes, and services property/casualty insurance products to businesses and individuals in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Commercial Lines, Personal Lines, and Runoff. The Commercial Lines segment offers commercial property/casualty insurance products, including general liability, commercial automobile, commercial property, umbrella, commercial multi-peril, and business owners' insurance products, as well as aircraft and aircraft liability products. The Personal Lines segment provides personal automobile and renters insurance products and services. The Runoff segment offers senior care facilities liability insurance products and services. It markets its insurance products through independent general agents, retail agents, and specialty brokers. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Saratoga Investment logo

Saratoga Investment

NYSE:SAR
Saratoga Investment Corp. is a business development company specializing in leveraged and management buyouts, acquisition financings, growth financings, recapitalization, debt refinancing, and transitional financing transactions at the lower end of middle market companies. It structures its investments as debt and equity by investing through first and second lien loans, mezzanine debt, co-investments, select high yield bonds, senior secured bonds, unsecured bonds, and preferred and common equity. The firm prefers to invest in aerospace, automotive aftermarket and services, business products and services, consumer products and services, education, environmental services, industrial services, financial services, food and beverage, healthcare products and services, logistics, distribution, manufacturing, restaurants services, food services, software services, technology services, specialty chemical, media and telecommunications. It seeks to invest in the United States. The firm primarily invests $5 million to $50 million in companies having EBITDA of $2 million or greater and revenues of $8 million to $250 million. The firm prefer to take a majority stake. It invests through direct lending as well as participation in loan syndicates. The firm was formerly known as GSC Investment Corp. Saratoga Investment Corp. was formed on 2007 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Florham Park, New Jersey.
Value Line logo

Value Line

NASDAQ:VALU
Value Line, Inc. produces and sells investment periodicals and related publications. Its investment periodicals and related publications cover a range of investments, including stocks, mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), and options. The company's research services include The Value Line Investment Survey, The Value Line Investment Survey - Small and Mid-Cap, The Value Line 600, and The Value Line Fund Advisor Plus that provide statistical and text coverage of various investment securities, with an emphasis placed on its proprietary research, analysis, and statistical ranks. It also provides niche newsletters comprising Value Line Select: Dividend Income & Growth, Value Line Select: ETFs, The Value Line Special Situations Service, The Value Line M&A Service, The Value Line Climate Change Investing Service, and The Value Line Information You Should Know Wealth Newsletter that offer information on a less comprehensive basis for securities that are of particular interest to subscribers; digital versions of its products through its Website, www.valueline.com; The Value Line Research Center online platform; and investment analysis software, such as The Value Line Investment Analyzer and The New Value Line ETFs Service. In addition, the company offers current and historical financial databases comprising fundamental DataFile, estimates and projections, and mutual funds; and copyright products, which include unit investment trusts, variable annuities, managed accounts, and ETFs. Further, it operates as publishing unit for the investment related periodical publications and copyrights; places advertising on behalf of the company's publications; and distributes print publications. It serves individual and professional investors, as well as institutions, including municipal and university libraries, and investment firms. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Value Line, Inc. is a subsidiary of Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc.