NASDAQ:FDEFFirst Defiance Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

First Defiance Financial's stock was trading at $20.92 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FDEF shares have decreased by 25.8% and is now trading at $15.53. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Defiance Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for First Defiance Financial.

First Defiance Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 27th 2020. View our earnings forecast for First Defiance Financial.

First Defiance Financial (NASDAQ:FDEF) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The savings and loans company reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.29. The savings and loans company had revenue of $59.46 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $59.30 million. First Defiance Financial had a return on equity of 8.19% and a net margin of 7.34%. View First Defiance Financial's earnings history.

First Defiance Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, May 22nd. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. View First Defiance Financial's dividend history.

Shares of First Defiance Financial split on Friday, July 13th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, June 22nd 2018. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Thursday, July 12th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of First Defiance Financial stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

2 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for First Defiance Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $21.00. On average, they anticipate First Defiance Financial's share price to reach $21.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 35.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for First Defiance Financial.

Media coverage about FDEF stock has been trending very negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Defiance Financial earned a news sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about First Defiance Financial.

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First Defiance Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FDEF."

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One share of FDEF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.53.

First Defiance Financial has a market capitalization of $584.95 million and generates $186.04 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $49.37 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.53 on an earnings per share basis. First Defiance Financial employs 696 workers across the globe.

The official website for First Defiance Financial is www.fdef.com.

First Defiance Financial's mailing address is 601 CLINTON ST, DEFIANCE OH, 43512. The savings and loans company can be reached via phone at 419-782-5015 or via email at [email protected]