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 year. 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 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for First Business Financial Services' shares. Their FBIZ share price forecasts range from $31.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $36.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.0% from the stock's current price.
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First Business Financial Services' stock was trading at $36.55 at the start of the year. Since then, FBIZ shares have decreased by 19.9% and is now trading at $29.28.
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First Business Financial Services saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume of 13,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.02. The financial services provider earned $35.12 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 7th will be given a dividend of $0.2275 per share on Thursday, August 17th. This represents a $0.91 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 4th. This is a boost 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 3.03%. 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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First Business Financial Services shares split on the morning of Monday, August 31st 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, August 7th 2015. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell 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."

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One share of FBIZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.28.

First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ) has a market capitalization of $243.61 million and generates $150.80 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.