Citizens & Northern (CZNC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Citizens & Northern in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CZNC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CZNC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Citizens & Northern's shares. Their CZNC share price forecasts range from $26.00 to $26.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $26.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 32.0% from the stock's current price.
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Citizens & Northern's stock was trading at $22.86 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CZNC shares have decreased by 13.8% and is now trading at $19.70.
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Citizens & Northern saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 171,600 shares, an increase of 11.1% from the April 30th total of 154,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 30,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.7 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 20th 2023.
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Citizens & Northern Co. (NASDAQ:CZNC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 21st. The financial services provider reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.10. Citizens & Northern had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.34% and a net margin of 21.37%.

Citizens & Northern declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Friday, May 12th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.69%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 28th.
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SPDR SSGA US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF holds 24,647 shares of CZNC stock, representing 0.26% of its portfolio.

Citizens & Northern (NASDAQ:CZNC) pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.92%. CZNC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 67.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CZNC will have a dividend payout ratio of 69.14% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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3 employees have rated Citizens & Northern Chief Executive Officer J. Bradley Scovill on Glassdoor.com. J. Bradley Scovill has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts J. Bradley Scovill in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Citizens & Northern investors own include General Mills (GIS), Pfizer (PFE), AbbVie (ABBV), Carnival Co. & (CCL), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Consolidated Edison (ED), International Business Machines (IBM), Main Street Capital (MAIN), AT&T (T) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Citizens & Northern trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CZNC."

Citizens & Northern's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.93%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.05%), State Street Corp (1.90%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.87%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.80%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.26%). Insiders that own company stock include Bobbi J Kilmer, Frank G Pellegrino, Frank G Pellegrino, Helen S Santiago, J Bradley Scovill, Katherine W Shattuck, Leo F Lambert, Robert G Loughery, Robert G Loughery, Stephen M Dorwart, Stephen M Dorwart, Susan E Hartley, Terry L Lehman and Timothy E Schoener.
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Shares of CZNC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CZNC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.70.

Citizens & Northern (NASDAQ:CZNC) has a market capitalization of $302.59 million and generates $117.06 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $26.62 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.67 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,018 workers across the globe.

Citizens & Northern's mailing address is 90-92 MAIN ST, WELLSBORO PA, 16901. The official website for the company is www.cnbankpa.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (570) 724-3411 or via fax at 570-724-6395.