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

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

First Guaranty Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 26th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 20th. View First Guaranty Bancshares' Dividend History.

First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:FGBI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 30th. The bank reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.01. First Guaranty Bancshares had a net margin of 13.48% and a return on equity of 8.22%. View First Guaranty Bancshares' Earnings History.

First Guaranty Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for First Guaranty Bancshares.

Media coverage about FGBI stock has been trending negative on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Guaranty Bancshares earned a media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for First Guaranty Bancshares.

First Guaranty Bancshares saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 19,000 shares, a decrease of 14.4% from the January 15th total of 22,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View First Guaranty Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to First Guaranty Bancshares include First Defiance Financial (FDEF), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Hometrust Bancshares (HTBI), BBX Capital (BBXTB), NASB Financial (NASB), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (OH) (FMAO), Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), PDL Community Bancorp (PDLB), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), First Capital (FCAP), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY) and BCB Bancorp (BCBP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First Guaranty Bancshares investors own include Consolidated Edison (ED), Pfizer (PFE), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Methanex (MEOH), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), People's United Financial (PBCT), Pattern Energy Group (PEGI) and Regulus Therapeutics (RGLS).

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

First Guaranty Bancshares' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (0.89%), Salzhauer Michael (0.76%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.52%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.49%), Banc Funds Co. LLC (0.40%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.40%). Company insiders that own First Guaranty Bancshares stock include Edgar R Smith III, Marshall T Reynolds and William K Hood. View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Guaranty Bancshares.

FGBI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BEAM Asset Management LLC, State Street Corp, Allred Capital Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Salzhauer Michael, Geode Capital Management LLC and Banc Funds Co. LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Guaranty Bancshares.

Shares of FGBI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FGBI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.64.

First Guaranty Bancshares has a market capitalization of $174.01 million and generates $83.67 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $14.21 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]