NASDAQ:LION - Fidelity Southern Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Fidelity Southern trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LION."

Fidelity Southern declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Thursday, February 14th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.80%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 1st. View Fidelity Southern's Dividend History.

Fidelity Southern Co. (NASDAQ:LION) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 17th. The financial services provider reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.03. The financial services provider had revenue of $70.64 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $67.90 million. Fidelity Southern had a return on equity of 10.25% and a net margin of 13.68%. View Fidelity Southern's Earnings History.

Fidelity Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Fidelity Southern.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Fidelity Southern's stock. Their predictions range from $26.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate Fidelity Southern's stock price to reach $28.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Fidelity Southern.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fidelity Southern in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Fidelity Southern.

News headlines about LION stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fidelity Southern earned a daily sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Fidelity Southern saw a decrease in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 360,746 shares, a decrease of 34.2% from the February 15th total of 548,035 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 225,107 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Fidelity Southern's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Fidelity Southern investors own include Micron Technology (MU), Marathon Oil (MRO), Zoetis (ZTS), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Lendlease Group (LLC), VANGUARD CHARLO/TOTAL INTL BD ETF (BNDX), Velocity Data (VCT), HSBC (HSBA) and Versarien (VRS).

Fidelity Southern's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.16%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.24%), RMB Capital Management LLC (4.21%), Banc Funds Co. LLC (3.85%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.14%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.01%). Company insiders that own Fidelity Southern stock include David Buchanan, David R Bockel, Glen Colin Macdonald, H Palmer Proctor Jr, James B Miller Jr, Jason Walsh, Rankin M Smith Jr, W Clyde Shepherd III and William C Lankford Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Fidelity Southern.

LION stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Context BH Capital Management LP, Banc Funds Co. LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Truewealth LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and IndexIQ Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fidelity Southern.

LION stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including RMB Capital Management LLC, ARP Americas LP, BlackRock Inc., FMR LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Bank of America Corp DE and Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.. Company insiders that have bought Fidelity Southern stock in the last two years include Jason Walsh, Rankin M Smith Jr, W Clyde Shepherd III and William C Lankford Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fidelity Southern.

Shares of LION 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LION stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.72.

Fidelity Southern has a market capitalization of $737.20 million and generates $320.30 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $43.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.61 on an earnings per share basis. Fidelity Southern employs 1,407 workers across the globe.

The official website for Fidelity Southern is http://www.lionbank.com.

Fidelity Southern's mailing address is 3490 PIEDMONT RD STE 1550, ATLANTA GA, 30305. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 404-639-6500 or via email at [email protected]