Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFBC) Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.19

Key Points

• Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. declared a quarterly dividend of $0.19 per share, payable on August 25th to investors of record dated August 11th.
• The company reported earnings of $0.79 per share for the last quarter with a net margin of 8.12% and revenue of $10.38 million.
• Analysts at Wall Street Zen downgraded the stock from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a recent research note.

Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFBC - Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 29th, Wall Street Journal reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 11th will be given a dividend of 0.19 per share by the bank on Monday, August 25th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 11th.

Sound Financial Bancorp Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of SFBC traded down $0.30 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $45.75. The company had a trading volume of 12,799 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,629. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $47.48 and a 200-day moving average price of $49.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $117.58 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.83 and a beta of 0.16. Sound Financial Bancorp has a 52-week low of $43.00 and a 52-week high of $55.99.

Sound Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:SFBC - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 29th. The bank reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $10.38 million during the quarter. Sound Financial Bancorp had a return on equity of 6.08% and a net margin of 10.02%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Sound Financial Bancorp from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Sunday.

About Sound Financial Bancorp

Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc operates as the bank holding company for Sound Community Bank that provides banking and other financial services for consumers and businesses. It accepts various deposits products comprising savings, money market deposit, NOW, and demand accounts, as well as certificates of deposit.