NASDAQ:CASH - Meta Financial Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Meta Financial Group's stock was trading at $25.28 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CASH shares have decreased by 14.6% and is now trading at $21.60. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Meta Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 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 Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Meta Financial Group.

Meta Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CASH) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The savings and loans company reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.06. The savings and loans company had revenue of $102.13 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $104.35 million. Meta Financial Group had a return on equity of 13.13% and a net margin of 18.65%. View Meta Financial Group's earnings history.

Meta Financial Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 9th. View Meta Financial Group's dividend history.

Shares of Meta Financial Group split on Friday, October 5th 2018. The 3-1 split was announced on Tuesday, August 28th 2018. The newly issued shares were distributed 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.

Meta Financial Group issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.30-3.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.44.

3 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Meta Financial Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect Meta Financial Group's share price to reach $38.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 75.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Meta Financial Group.

Media coverage about CASH stock has trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Meta Financial Group earned a coverage optimism score of -3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutMeta Financial Group.

Meta Financial Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,818,400 shares, an increase of 19.6% from the February 27th total of 1,520,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 366,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.0 days. Currently, 5.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Meta Financial Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Meta Financial Group include Umpqua (UMPQ), BankUnited (BKU), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Flagstar Bancorp (FBC), Axos Financial (AX), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Kearny Financial (KRNY), First Defiance Financial (FDEF), Northfield Bancorp (NFBK), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Waterstone Financial (WSBF) and NASB Financial (NASB).

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 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI), Netflix (NFLX), iShares California Muni Bond ETF (CMF), Walt Disney (DIS), Twitter (TWTR), Roku (ROKU) and Activision Blizzard (ATVI).

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 $21.60.

Meta Financial Group has a market capitalization of $785.07 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. View additional information about Meta Financial Group.

The official website for Meta Financial Group is http://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]