Esquire Financial (ESQ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Esquire Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "strong buy" ESQ shares.
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2 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Esquire Financial's shares. Their ESQ share price targets range from $58.00 to $65.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $61.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.9% from the stock's current price.
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Esquire Financial's stock was trading at $49.96 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ESQ shares have decreased by 6.7% and is now trading at $46.60.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2024.
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Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESQ) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 25th. The company reported $1.18 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $28.94 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $29.01 million. Esquire Financial had a net margin of 33.72% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.76%.

Esquire Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, March 1st. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13.
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Esquire Financial (NASDAQ:ESQ) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.35%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 12.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ESQ will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.87% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF holds 869 shares of ESQ stock, representing 0.87% of its portfolio.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Esquire Financial investors own include Oritani Financial (ORIT), Enbridge (ENB), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), General Mills (GIS), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), WestRock (WRK), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AbbVie (ABBV) and Applied Materials (AMAT).

Esquire Financial (ESQ) raised $39 million in an IPO on Tuesday, June 27th 2017. The company issued 2,600,000 shares at $14.00-$16.00 per share. Sandler O’Neill & Partners served as the underwriter for the IPO.

Esquire Financial's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wasatch Advisors LP (6.80%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.66%), Cox Capital Mgt LLC (0.54%), Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. (0.06%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Michael Lacapria, Richard T Powers and Selig Zises.
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Shares of ESQ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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