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. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Thursday, February 13th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.87%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 5th. View Dime Community Bancshares' Dividend History.

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:DCOM) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The savings and loans company reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.23. The savings and loans company earned $39.56 million during the quarter. 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.

2 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Dime Community Bancshares' stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate Dime Community Bancshares' share price to reach $23.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Dime Community Bancshares.

2 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 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Dime Community Bancshares.

News coverage about DCOM stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Dime Community Bancshares earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Dime Community Bancshares.

Dime Community Bancshares saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 535,900 shares, a drop of 18.1% from the January 15th total of 654,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 178,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Dime Community Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Dime Community Bancshares include EverBank Financial (EVER), Oritani Financial (ORIT), At Home Group (HOME), Banc of California (BANC), BankFinancial (BFIN), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), First Defiance Financial (FDEF), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS) and Home Bancorp (HBCP).

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Dime Community Bancshares' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.00%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.35%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.31%), LSV Asset Management (1.28%), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (0.98%) and Mutual of America Capital Management LLC (0.75%). Company insiders that own Dime Community Bancshares stock include Angela K Finlay, Avinash Reddy, 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 LSV Asset Management, Prudential Financial Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Mackay Shields LLC, Foundry Partners LLC, Pinebridge Investments L.P., Bank of America Corp DE and Arizona State Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dime Community Bancshares.

DCOM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, State Street Corp, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Mutual of America Capital Management LLC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Barclays PLC and Dupont Capital Management Corp. 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 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 $19.52.