NASDAQ:CASHMeta Financial Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Meta Financial Group's stock was trading at $25.28 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CASH stock has decreased by 29.4% and is now trading at $17.85. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Meta Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 2 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Meta Financial Group.

Meta Financial Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Meta Financial Group.

Meta Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CASH) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The savings and loans company reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.19 by $0.26. The savings and loans company had revenue of $188.25 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.73 million. Meta Financial Group had a net margin of 22.05% and a return on equity of 12.64%. View Meta Financial Group's earnings history.

Meta Financial Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 10th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 9th. View Meta Financial Group's dividend history.

Meta Financial Group's stock split before market open on Friday, October 5th 2018. The 3-1 split was announced on Tuesday, August 28th 2018. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Thursday, October 4th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of Meta Financial Group stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

4 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Meta Financial Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Meta Financial Group's share price to reach $25.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 44.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Meta Financial Group.

Media headlines about CASH stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Meta Financial Group earned a news impact score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Meta Financial Group.

Meta Financial Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,060,000 shares, an increase of 7.7% from the June 15th total of 984,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 404,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 3.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Meta Financial Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Meta Financial Group include F.N.B. (FNB), UMB Financial (UMBF), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Sterling Bancorp (STL), CIT Group (CIT), Washington Federal (WAFD), Simmons First National (SFNC), Fulton Financial (FULT), Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), Trustmark (TRMK), First Midwest Bancorp (FMBI), First Merchants (FRME), WSFS Financial (WSFS) and WesBanco (WSBC). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Meta Financial Group investors own include AT&T (T), Metlife (MET), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), iShares California Muni Bond ETF (CMF), iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI), Netflix (NFLX), Walt Disney (DIS), Alphabet (GOOG), Activision Blizzard (ATVI) and Carnival (CCL).

Meta Financial Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CASH."

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One share of CASH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.85.

Meta Financial Group has a market capitalization of $617.79 million and generates $548.27 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $97 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.66 on an earnings per share basis. Meta Financial Group employs 1,219 workers across the globe.

The official website for Meta Financial Group is www.metafinancialgroup.com.

Meta Financial Group's mailing address is 5501 SOUTH BROADBAND LANE P O BOX 1307, SIOUX FALLS SD, 57108. The savings and loans company can be reached via phone at 605-782-1767 or via email at [email protected]