NASDAQ:DCOM - Dime Community Bancshares Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Dime Community Bancshares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "DCOM."

Dime Community Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 26th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 6th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Tuesday, November 13th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 5th. View Dime Community Bancshares' Dividend History.

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:DCOM) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 26th. The savings and loans company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.01. The savings and loans company earned $37.25 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $37.90 million. Dime Community Bancshares had a return on equity of 8.34% and a net margin of 22.65%. View Dime Community Bancshares' Earnings History.

Dime Community Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Dime Community Bancshares.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Dime Community Bancshares' stock. Their predictions range from $17.00 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate Dime Community Bancshares' stock price to reach $19.8333 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Dime Community Bancshares.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dime Community Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Dime Community Bancshares.

News coverage about DCOM stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Dime Community Bancshares earned a media sentiment score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Some companies that are related to Dime Community Bancshares include Provident Financial Services (PFS), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Axos Financial (AX), Columbia Financial (CLBK), LegacyTexas Financial Group (LTXB), Flagstar Bancorp (FBC), Kearny Financial (KRNY), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Meta Financial Group (CASH), Northfield Bancorp (NFBK), BBX Capital (BBXTB), First Defiance Financial (FDEF), Access National (ANCX) and Waterstone Financial (WSBF).

Dime Community Bancshares' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.07%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.10%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.64%), Polaris Capital Management LLC (2.57%), Systematic Financial Management LP (1.99%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.24%). Company insiders that own Dime Community Bancshares stock include James L Rizzo, Kathleen M Nelson, Kenneth J Mahon, Kevin Stein, Lance Bennett, Michael P Devine, Michael Pucella, Omer Sj Williams, Robert Volino, Rosemarie Chen, Steven D Cohn, Stuart H Lubow, Timothy B King and Timothy Lenhoff. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Dime Community Bancshares.

DCOM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, Hennessy Advisors Inc., ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Dime Community Bancshares company stock in the last year include James L Rizzo, Michael P Devine, Omer Sj Williams, Steven D Cohn and Timothy Lenhoff. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dime Community Bancshares.

DCOM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Polaris Capital Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Bridgeway Capital Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Foundry Partners LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Resources Management Corp CT ADV. Company insiders that have bought Dime Community Bancshares stock in the last two years include Kathleen M Nelson, Kenneth J Mahon, Kevin Stein, Robert Volino, Rosemarie Chen and Stuart H Lubow. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dime Community Bancshares.

Shares of DCOM 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DCOM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.34.

Dime Community Bancshares has a market capitalization of $631.96 million and generates $233.61 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $51.88 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.29 on an earnings per share basis. Dime Community Bancshares employs 421 workers across the globe.

The official website for Dime Community Bancshares is http://www.dime.com.

Dime Community Bancshares' mailing address is 300 CADMAN PLAZA WEST 8TH FL, BROOKLYN NY, 11201. The savings and loans company can be reached via phone at 718-782-6200 or via email at [email protected]