NASDAQ:FGBI - First Guaranty Bancshares Stock Price, Forecast & News

First Guaranty Bancshares' stock was trading at $15.30 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FGBI stock has decreased by 4.4% and is now trading at $14.62. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

First Guaranty Bancshares is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 1st 2020. View our earnings forecast for First Guaranty Bancshares.

First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:FGBI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 30th. The bank reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.01. First Guaranty Bancshares had a return on equity of 8.88% and a net margin of 14.25%. View First Guaranty Bancshares' earnings history.

First Guaranty Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 20th. View First Guaranty Bancshares' dividend history.

Press coverage about FGBI stock has trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. First Guaranty Bancshares earned a coverage optimism score of -3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutFirst Guaranty Bancshares.

First Guaranty Bancshares saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 17,700 shares, an increase of 62.4% from the February 27th total of 10,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View First Guaranty Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

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(FGBI) raised $92 million in an initial public offering on Friday, December 19th 2014. The company issued 4,600,000 shares at a price of $19.00-$21.00 per share. Raymond James served as the underwriter for the IPO and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (A Stifel Company) and Sterne Agee were co-managers.

First Guaranty Bancshares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FGBI."

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One share of FGBI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.62.

First Guaranty Bancshares has a market capitalization of $142.40 million and generates $99.94 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $14.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.61 on an earnings per share basis. First Guaranty Bancshares employs 336 workers across the globe. View additional information about First Guaranty Bancshares.

The official website for First Guaranty Bancshares is http://www.fgb.net/.

First Guaranty Bancshares' mailing address is 400 EAST THOMAS STREET, HAMMOND LA, 70401. The bank can be reached via phone at 985-345-7685 or via email at [email protected]