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

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

Dime Community Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Investors 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 dividend yield of 2.86%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 5th. View Dime Community Bancshares' Dividend History.

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:DCOM) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The savings and loans company reported $0.14 earnings per share (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 6.42% 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Dime Community Bancshares' shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate Dime Community Bancshares' share price to reach $22.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.0% 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.

News coverage about DCOM stock has been trending very positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Dime Community Bancshares earned a news impact score of 3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Dime Community Bancshares.

Dime Community Bancshares saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 654,100 shares, an increase of 28.6% from the December 31st total of 508,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 172,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.8 days. Currently, 2.1% of the shares of the company 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.29%), Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.11%), Arizona State Retirement System (0.06%), HGK Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), Dupont Capital Management Corp (0.04%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (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 Arizona State Retirement System, California Public Employees Retirement System and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dime Community Bancshares.

DCOM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Strs Ohio, SG Americas Securities LLC and HGK Asset Management Inc.. 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 $19.59.

Dime Community Bancshares has a market capitalization of $702.50 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]