BCB Bancorp (BCBP) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BCB Bancorp in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" BCBP shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BCBP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for BCB Bancorp's shares. Their BCBP share price forecasts range from $16.50 to $18.50. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $17.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 50.3% from the stock's current price.
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BCB Bancorp's stock was trading at $17.99 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, BCBP shares have decreased by 35.3% and is now trading at $11.64.
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BCB Bancorp saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 209,900 shares, a decrease of 33.0% from the April 30th total of 313,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 102,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 20th 2023.
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BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCBP) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 18th. The bank reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.11. The bank had revenue of $25.81 million for the quarter. BCB Bancorp had a net margin of 29.83% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.32%.

BCB Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 5th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, May 19th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 4th.
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BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP) pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.03%. BCBP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 25.70%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BCBP will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.60% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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BCB Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BCBP."

BCB Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.25%), BlackRock Inc. (4.96%), Price Jennifer C. (3.21%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.71%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.79%) and State Street Corp (1.73%). Insiders that own company stock include David Roque Garcia, James G Rizzo, Jawad Chaudhry, Joseph Lyga, Mark D Hogan, Robert Ballance, Ryan Blake, Spencer B Robbins, Thomas Keating and Thomas Michael Coughlin.
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One share of BCBP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.64.

BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP) has a market capitalization of $196.06 million and generates $116.88 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $45.58 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.49 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 292 workers across the globe.

BCB Bancorp's mailing address is 104-110 AVENUE C, BAYONNE NJ, 07002. The official website for the company is www.bcb.bank. The bank can be reached via phone at (201) 823-0700, via email at tkeating@bankwithbcb.com, or via fax at 201-339-0403.