NASDAQ:DCOM - Dime Community Bancshares Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Dime Community Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 8th will be given a dividend of $1.14 per share on Tuesday, May 15th. This represents a $4.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 22.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 7th. This is a boost from Dime Community Bancshares's previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. View Dime Community Bancshares' Dividend History.

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:DCOM) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The savings and loans company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.04. The savings and loans company earned $41.26 million during the quarter. Dime Community Bancshares had a net margin of 23.24% and a return on equity of 8.61%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.30 earnings per share. View Dime Community Bancshares' Earnings History.

Dime Community Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Dime Community Bancshares.

4 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Dime Community Bancshares' stock. Their predictions range from $20.50 to $22.00. On average, they expect Dime Community Bancshares' share price to reach $21.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Dime Community Bancshares.

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

Some companies that are related to Dime Community Bancshares include BofI (BOFI), LegacyTexas Financial Group (LTXB), Flagstar Bancorp (FBC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Meta Financial Group (CASH), BBX Capital Corp Class B (BBXTB), Northfield Bancorp (NFBK), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), First Defiance Financial (FDEF), Access National (ANCX) and Hometrust Bancshares (HTBI).

News stories about DCOM stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Dime Community Bancshares earned a news sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the savings and loans company an impact score of 45.10 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Dime Community Bancshares' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Foundry Partners LLC (0.94%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.64%) and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.16%). Company insiders that own Dime Community Bancshares stock include James L Rizzo, Kathleen M Nelson, Kevin Stein, Lance Bennett, Michael P Devine, Michael Pucella, Omer Sj Williams, Steven D Cohn, Stuart H Lubow and Timothy B King. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Dime Community Bancshares.

DCOM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hennessy Advisors Inc. and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. 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 B King. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dime Community Bancshares.

DCOM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundry Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Dime Community Bancshares stock in the last two years include Kathleen M Nelson, Kevin Stein 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 $20.05.

Dime Community Bancshares has a market capitalization of $751.42 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.

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