Middlefield Banc (MBCN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Middlefield Banc in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" MBCN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MBCN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Middlefield Banc's shares. Their MBCN share price targets range from $25.00 to $25.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $25.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.7% from the stock's current price.
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Middlefield Banc's stock was trading at $32.37 at the start of the year. Since then, MBCN stock has decreased by 32.1% and is now trading at $21.98.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 22nd 2024.
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Middlefield Banc Corp. (NASDAQ:MBCN) announced its earnings results on Friday, January, 26th. The bank reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.06. The bank had revenue of $25.69 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $17.80 million. Middlefield Banc had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.76% and a net margin of 17.91%.

Middlefield Banc announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 29th.
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Middlefield Banc (NASDAQ:MBCN) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.56%. The dividend payout ratio is 37.38%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MBCN will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.94% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Middlefield Banc's stock split before market open on Monday, November 11th 2019. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 9th 2019. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, November 8th 2019. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

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

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