BancFirst Co. (NASDAQ:BANF) Shares Purchased by Deutsche Bank AG

Deutsche Bank AG increased its position in BancFirst Co. (NASDAQ:BANF - Free Report) by 50.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 18,960 shares of the bank's stock after buying an additional 6,318 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG owned about 0.06% of BancFirst worth $2,222,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of BANF. Cibc World Markets Corp bought a new stake in BancFirst in the 4th quarter valued at $218,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of BancFirst by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,306,204 shares of the bank's stock worth $270,241,000 after purchasing an additional 44,563 shares during the last quarter. Amundi increased its holdings in shares of BancFirst by 189.8% in the fourth quarter. Amundi now owns 10,514 shares of the bank's stock worth $1,200,000 after purchasing an additional 6,886 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of BancFirst by 3.9% in the fourth quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 105,248 shares of the bank's stock worth $12,333,000 after buying an additional 3,972 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS bought a new position in BancFirst during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $529,000. Institutional investors own 51.72% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at BancFirst

In related news, EVP Randy Foraker sold 4,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.61, for a total value of $506,440.00. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director William Scott Martin sold 10,000 shares of BancFirst stock in a transaction on Friday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $119.13, for a total value of $1,191,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 214,499 shares in the company, valued at $25,553,265.87. This represents a 4.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 32.43% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Wall Street Zen raised shares of BancFirst from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, May 12th.

BancFirst Trading Up 3.1%

NASDAQ BANF traded up $3.79 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $126.65. The stock had a trading volume of 32,459 shares, compared to its average volume of 104,345. BancFirst Co. has a one year low of $81.56 and a one year high of $132.29. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $115.23 and a 200 day simple moving average of $118.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.74 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 0.98.

BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, April 17th. The bank reported $1.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.58 by $0.09. BancFirst had a return on equity of 14.21% and a net margin of 23.52%. The business had revenue of $164.84 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $161.72 million. Sell-side analysts predict that BancFirst Co. will post 6.52 earnings per share for the current year.

BancFirst Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st were issued a dividend of $0.46 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 31st. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.45%. BancFirst's payout ratio is currently 27.84%.

BancFirst Profile

BancFirst Corporation operates as the bank holding company for BancFirst that provides a range of commercial banking services to retail customers, and small to medium-sized businesses. The company operates through BancFirst Metropolitan Banks, BancFirst Community Banks, Pegasus, Worthington, and Other Financial Services segments.