First Business Financial Services (FBIZ) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Business Financial Services in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" FBIZ shares.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for First Business Financial Services' stock. Their FBIZ share price forecasts range from $31.00 to $40.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $36.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.9% from the stock's current price.
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First Business Financial Services' stock was trading at $36.55 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, FBIZ stock has decreased by 19.2% and is now trading at $29.53.
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First Business Financial Services saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 40,300 shares, an increase of 16.5% from the August 31st total of 34,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 13,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 26th 2023.
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First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:FBIZ) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.98 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.02. The financial services provider had revenue of $35.12 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $34.35 million. First Business Financial Services had a net margin of 20.13% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.24%.

First Business Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 28th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.2275 per share on Thursday, August 17th. This represents a $0.91 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.08%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 4th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22.
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First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ) pays an annual dividend of $0.91 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.06%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 20.40%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FBIZ will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.83% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of First Business Financial Services split on the morning of Monday, August 31st 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, August 7th 2015. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, August 28th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

14 employees have rated First Business Financial Services Chief Executive Officer Corey A. Chambas on Glassdoor.com. Corey A. Chambas has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Corey A. Chambas in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 89.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at First Business Financial Services to a friend.

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First Business Financial Services trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FBIZ."

First Business Financial Services' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.89%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.33%), First Business Financial Services Inc. (4.36%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (3.71%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.86%) and Cutler Capital Management LLC (1.82%). Insiders that own company stock include Barbara Mccarty Conley, Carla C Chavarria, Carol P Sanders, Daniel P Olszewski, Gerald L Kilcoyne, Jodi A Chandler and John J Harris.
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Shares of FBIZ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FBIZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.53.

First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ) has a market capitalization of $245.57 million and generates $138.74 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $40.86 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.46 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 343 workers across the globe.

First Business Financial Services' mailing address is 401 CHARMANY DRIVE, MADISON WI, 53719. The official website for the company is www.firstbusiness.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (608) 238-8008, via email at esloane@firstbusiness.com, or via fax at 608-232-5920.