NASDAQ:BFIN - BankFinancial Stock Price, Forecast & News

BankFinancial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BFIN."

BankFinancial announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 31st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.19%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 12th. This is a positive change from BankFinancial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.04. View BankFinancial's Dividend History.

BankFinancial announced that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, March 29th 2018, which permits the company to buyback 500,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

BankFinancial Co. (NASDAQ:BFIN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 21st. The bank reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.04. The bank had revenue of $14.72 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.40 million. BankFinancial had a return on equity of 8.90% and a net margin of 19.87%. View BankFinancial's Earnings History.

BankFinancial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for BankFinancial.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankFinancial in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for BankFinancial.

Headlines about BFIN stock have been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BankFinancial earned a news sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for BankFinancial.

BankFinancial saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 76,100 shares, an increase of 8.7% from the December 15th total of 70,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 22,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.3 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View BankFinancial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to BankFinancial include People's United Financial (PBCT), TFS Financial (TFSL), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), Radian Group (RDN), MGIC Investment (MTG), Lendingtree (TREE), Washington Federal (WAFD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB) and Brookline Bancorp (BRKL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BankFinancial investors own include First Merchants (FRME), AbbVie (ABBV), Marathon Oil (MRO), New Residential Investment (NRZ), PepsiCo (PEP), IBM (IBM), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), Intel (INTC), People's United Financial (PBCT) and SLM (SLM).

BankFinancial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (1.23%) and Eidelman Virant Capital (0.46%). Company insiders that own BankFinancial stock include F Morgan Gasior, James J Brennan, John M Hausmann, Terry R Wells, Thomas F Oneill and William J Jr Deutsch. View Institutional Ownership Trends for BankFinancial.

BFIN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eidelman Virant Capital and Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co.. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankFinancial.

Shares of BFIN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BFIN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.52.

BankFinancial has a market capitalization of $192.43 million and generates $76.16 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $19.34 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.86 on an earnings per share basis. BankFinancial employs 235 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About BankFinancial.

The official website for BankFinancial is http://bankfinancial.com/.

BankFinancial's mailing address is 60 North Frontage Road, Burr Ridge IL, 60527. The bank can be reached via phone at 800-894-6900 or via email at [email protected]