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 decreased by 17.0% and is now trading at $12.14. 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 Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Dime Community Bancshares.

Dime Community Bancshares will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

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

Dime Community Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Wednesday, May 13th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.61%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 5th. View Dime Community Bancshares' dividend history.

4 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Dime Community Bancshares' stock. Their forecasts range from $16.50 to $24.00. On average, they expect Dime Community Bancshares' stock price to reach $20.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 67.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Dime Community Bancshares.

Media stories about DCOM stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Dime Community Bancshares earned a news sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Dime Community Bancshares.

Dime Community Bancshares saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 610,500 shares, an increase of 22.1% from the May 31st total of 500,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 221,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 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."

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One share of DCOM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.14.

Dime Community Bancshares has a market capitalization of $404.32 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]