NASDAQ:DCOMDime Community Bancshares Stock Price, Forecast & News

Dime Community Bancshares' stock was trading at $14.62 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DCOM shares have increased by 4.4% and is now trading at $15.27. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 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 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, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Dime Community Bancshares.

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:DCOM) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 28th. The savings and loans company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.04. The savings and loans company had revenue of $44.76 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $42.63 million. Dime Community Bancshares had a net margin of 13.05% and a return on equity of 5.98%. View Dime Community Bancshares' earnings history.

Dime Community Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 6th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Wednesday, May 13th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 5th. View Dime Community Bancshares' dividend history.

4 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Dime Community Bancshares' shares. Their forecasts range from $16.50 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate Dime Community Bancshares' stock price to reach $20.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Dime Community Bancshares.

Media coverage about DCOM stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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 daily sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutDime Community Bancshares.

Dime Community Bancshares saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 626,300 shares, an increase of 13.3% from the April 30th total of 552,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 191,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's shares are short sold. View Dime Community Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

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

Dime Community Bancshares' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.40%), State Street Corp (3.34%), Polaris Capital Management LLC (2.61%), Systematic Financial Management LP (2.13%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.40%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.34%). Company insiders that own Dime Community Bancshares stock include Angela K Finlay, Avinash Reddy, Kathleen M Nelson, Kenneth J Mahon, Kevin Stein, 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 BHZ Capital Management LP, BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, Polaris Capital Management LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Salzhauer Michael, Two Sigma Investments LP, and Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Dime Community Bancshares.

DCOM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Geode Capital Management LLC, Prospector Partners LLC, Invesco Ltd., Wells Fargo & Company MN, and Aigen Investment Management LP. Company insiders that have bought Dime Community Bancshares stock in the last two years include Angela K Finlay, Avinash Reddy, Kathleen M Nelson, Kenneth J Mahon, Kevin Stein, Robert Volino, Rosemarie Chen, Steven D Cohn, and Stuart H Lubow. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $15.27.

Dime Community Bancshares has a market capitalization of $508.57 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.

The official website for Dime Community Bancshares is 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]