USCB Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:USCB - Get Free Report)'s stock price shot up 1.1% on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $17.20 and last traded at $17.01. 25,053 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 7% from the average session volume of 26,971 shares. The stock had previously closed at $16.82.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of brokerages have weighed in on USCB. Raymond James Financial lowered USCB Financial from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their price target on shares of USCB Financial from $23.00 to $21.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 28th.
Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on USCB
USCB Financial Stock Up 1.3%
The firm has a market capitalization of $346.43 million, a PE ratio of 12.52 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $16.68 and a 200-day moving average price of $17.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91.
USCB Financial (NASDAQ:USCB - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The company reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.38. USCB Financial had a return on equity of 12.96% and a net margin of 18.69%. The company had revenue of $22.83 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.94 million. As a group, analysts expect that USCB Financial Holdings, Inc. will post 1.58 earnings per share for the current year.
USCB Financial Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th were given a dividend of $0.10 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 15th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.31%. USCB Financial's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 28.99%.
Insider Buying and Selling at USCB Financial
In other news, CEO La Aguilera Luis De sold 25,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.70, for a total transaction of $417,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 238,974 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,990,865.80. This trade represents a 9.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 49.50% of the company's stock.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On USCB Financial
Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. lifted its position in shares of USCB Financial by 70.6% during the 4th quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 45,967 shares of the company's stock valued at $816,000 after buying an additional 19,028 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of USCB Financial by 159.3% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 51,043 shares of the company's stock valued at $906,000 after buying an additional 31,357 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its position in shares of USCB Financial by 32.8% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 5,799 shares of the company's stock valued at $103,000 after buying an additional 1,431 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its position in shares of USCB Financial by 17.6% during the 4th quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 117,088 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,078,000 after buying an additional 17,488 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kennedy Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of USCB Financial by 309.5% during the 4th quarter. Kennedy Capital Management LLC now owns 285,305 shares of the company's stock valued at $5,064,000 after buying an additional 215,636 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.34% of the company's stock.
About USCB Financial
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USCB Financial Holdings, Inc operates as the bank holding company for U.S. Century Bank that engages in the provision of various personal and business banking products and services in the United States. It accepts various deposit products, including commercial and consumer checking, money market deposit, savings, and time deposit accounts, as well as certificates of deposit.
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