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Sound Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:SFBC) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

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Key Points

  • Sound Financial Bancorp reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, with a net margin of 8.12% and a return on equity of 4.89%.
  • The company's stock price fell to $47.09 with a market cap of $120.83 million, and it experienced trading volume lower than its average.
  • Wall Street analysts downgraded Sound Financial Bancorp's rating from "hold" to "sell", indicating a negative outlook for the shares.
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Sound Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:SFBC - Get Free Report) released its earnings results on Tuesday. The bank reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, Zacks reports. The company had revenue of $10.38 million for the quarter. Sound Financial Bancorp had a net margin of 10.02% and a return on equity of 6.08%.

Sound Financial Bancorp Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of Sound Financial Bancorp stock traded down $0.30 during trading on Friday, hitting $45.75. 12,799 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,629. The stock has a market cap of $117.58 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.83 and a beta of 0.16. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $47.48 and its 200 day moving average price is $49.83. Sound Financial Bancorp has a 12-month low of $43.00 and a 12-month high of $55.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.11.

Sound Financial Bancorp Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, August 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 11th will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 11th. Sound Financial Bancorp's payout ratio is 31.28%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Sound Financial Bancorp from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Saturday, July 26th.

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Sound Financial Bancorp Company Profile

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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.

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