NASDAQ:NKSHNational Bankshares Stock Price, Forecast & News

National Bankshares' stock was trading at $30.00 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NKSH stock has decreased by 8.7% and is now trading at $27.40. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Bankshares in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for National Bankshares.

National Bankshares is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for National Bankshares.

National Bankshares Inc. (NASDAQ:NKSH) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The bank reported $0.61 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.02. The bank had revenue of $11.73 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.70 million. National Bankshares had a net margin of 31.58% and a return on equity of 9.10%. View National Bankshares' earnings history.

National Bankshares declared a semi-annual dividend on Friday, May 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.67 per share on Monday, June 1st. This represents a dividend yield of 5%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 21st. View National Bankshares' dividend history.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for National Bankshares' shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate National Bankshares' share price to reach $32.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for National Bankshares.

News coverage about NKSH stock has been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. National Bankshares earned a news impact score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about National Bankshares.

National Bankshares saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 45,200 shares, a decline of 8.3% from the June 15th total of 49,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 13,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View National Bankshares' Current Options Chain.

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National Bankshares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NKSH."

National Bankshares' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (1.69%) and Bogart Wealth LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own National Bankshares stock include Charles E Green III, F Brad Denardo, Jack M Lewis, John Elliott Dooley, Lawrence J Ball, Mary G Miller, Mildred R Johnson and Norman V Fitzwater III. View institutional ownership trends for National Bankshares.

NKSH stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., and Bogart Wealth LLC. Company insiders that have bought National Bankshares stock in the last two years include Charles E Green III, F Brad Denardo, Jack M Lewis, John Elliott Dooley, Lawrence J Ball, Mary G Miller, Mildred R Johnson, and Norman V Fitzwater III. View insider buying and selling activity for National Bankshares.

Shares of NKSH 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 NKSH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.40.

National Bankshares has a market capitalization of $177.83 million and generates $53.94 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $17.47 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.65 on an earnings per share basis. National Bankshares employs 235 workers across the globe.

The official website for National Bankshares is www.nationalbankshares.com.

National Bankshares' mailing address is 101 HUBBARD STREET, BLACKSBURG VA, 24062. The bank can be reached via phone at 540-951-6300 or via email at [email protected]