Premier Financial (FDEF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Premier Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:FDEF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The savings and loans company reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.29. The savings and loans company earned $59.46 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $59.30 million. Premier Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.19% and a net margin of 7.34%.

Premier Financial (NASDAQ:FDEF) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.86%. FDEF has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 34.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FDEF will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.56% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
Read our dividend analysis for FDEF.

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

1 employees have rated Premier Financial Chief Executive Officer Don Hileman on Glassdoor.com. Don Hileman has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Don Hileman in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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