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

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

Dime Community Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Wednesday, November 13th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.85%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 5th. View Dime Community Bancshares' Dividend History.

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:DCOM) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The savings and loans company reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.37 by $0.23. The savings and loans company had revenue of $39.56 million for the quarter. Dime Community Bancshares had a return on equity of 6.40% and a net margin of 14.45%. View Dime Community Bancshares' Earnings History.

Dime Community Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Dime Community Bancshares.

3 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Dime Community Bancshares' stock. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $24.00. On average, they expect Dime Community Bancshares' stock price to reach $22.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% 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 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Dime Community Bancshares.

Media coverage about DCOM stock has been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Dime Community Bancshares earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Dime Community Bancshares.

Dime Community Bancshares saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 654,100 shares, an increase of 28.6% from the December 15th total of 508,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 172,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Dime Community Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Dime Community Bancshares 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).

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Dime Community Bancshares' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Strs Ohio (0.03%). Company insiders that own Dime Community Bancshares stock include James L Rizzo, Kathleen M Nelson, Kenneth J Mahon, Kevin Stein, Michael P Devine, Omer Sj Williams, Robert Volino, Rosemarie Chen, Steven D Cohn, Stuart H Lubow 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 Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dime Community Bancshares.

DCOM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio. 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, Steven D Cohn 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DCOM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.68.

Dime Community Bancshares has a market capitalization of $705.72 million and generates $250.44 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $51.29 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.08 on an earnings per share basis. Dime Community Bancshares employs 403 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Dime Community Bancshares.

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]