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

Dime Community Bancshares' stock was trading at $14.62 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DCOM stock has decreased by 11.6% and is now trading at $12.93. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dime Community Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Dime Community Bancshares.

Dime Community Bancshares is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Dime Community Bancshares.

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:DCOM) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.07. The savings and loans company earned $43.02 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $40.87 million. Dime Community Bancshares had a return on equity of 6.42% and a net margin of 14.45%. View Dime Community Bancshares' earnings history.

Dime Community Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 6th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Thursday, February 13th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.33%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 5th. View Dime Community Bancshares' dividend history.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Dime Community Bancshares' stock. Their forecasts range from $16.50 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate Dime Community Bancshares' share price to reach $21.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 63.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Dime Community Bancshares.

News stories about DCOM stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Dime Community Bancshares earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutDime Community Bancshares.

Dime Community Bancshares saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 545,900 shares, an increase of 12.4% from the February 27th total of 485,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 149,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.6 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View Dime Community Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Dime Community Bancshares include People's United Financial (PBCT), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), TFS Financial (TFSL), Radian Group (RDN), Lendingtree (TREE), MGIC Investment (MTG), Washington Federal (WAFD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Walker & Dunlop (WD), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL) and Provident Financial Services (PFS).

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

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One share of DCOM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.93.

Dime Community Bancshares has a market capitalization of $444.88 million and generates $250.44 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $36.19 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]