Sound Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:SFBC) Shares Cross Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFBC - Get Free Report)'s stock price passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $51.24 and traded as low as $45.04. Sound Financial Bancorp shares last traded at $46.17, with a volume of 7,845 shares trading hands.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Wall Street Zen raised Sound Financial Bancorp to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, May 24th.

Sound Financial Bancorp Stock Performance

The firm has a market cap of $118.66 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.68 and a beta of 0.23. The company has a quick ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $49.96 and a 200-day moving average price of $51.24.

Sound Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:SFBC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The bank reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of $9.17 million for the quarter. Sound Financial Bancorp had a return on equity of 4.89% and a net margin of 8.12%.

Sound Financial Bancorp Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, May 9th were issued a dividend of $0.19 per share. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 9th. Sound Financial Bancorp's dividend payout ratio is presently 38.97%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in Sound Financial Bancorp by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 18,016 shares of the bank's stock worth $949,000 after acquiring an additional 435 shares during the period. Operose Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Sound Financial Bancorp during the first quarter worth $25,000. FNY Investment Advisers LLC grew its holdings in Sound Financial Bancorp by 13.8% during the first quarter. FNY Investment Advisers LLC now owns 6,293 shares of the bank's stock worth $315,000 after acquiring an additional 763 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its holdings in Sound Financial Bancorp by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 150,215 shares of the bank's stock worth $7,909,000 after acquiring an additional 1,863 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp grew its holdings in Sound Financial Bancorp by 44.3% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 7,141 shares of the bank's stock worth $376,000 after acquiring an additional 2,193 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.85% of the company's stock.

Sound Financial Bancorp Company Profile

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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