Penns Woods Bancorp Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:PWOD)

Penns Woods Bancorp's stock was trading at $26.62 at the beginning of the year. Since then, PWOD stock has decreased by 22.6% and is now trading at $20.60.
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Penns Woods Bancorp saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 91,500 shares, a drop of 54.5% from the October 31st total of 201,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 18,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.0 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 29th 2024.
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Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:PWOD) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter. The financial services provider earned $15.21 million during the quarter. Penns Woods Bancorp had a net margin of 16.82% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.05%.

Penns Woods Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 28th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 12th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Friday, December 22nd. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 11th.
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Penns Woods Bancorp (NASDAQ:PWOD) pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.26%. PWOD has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 58.72%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Penns Woods Bancorp's stock split before market open on Tuesday, October 1st 2019. The 3-2 split was announced on Tuesday, September 3rd 2019. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, September 30th 2019. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

2 employees have rated Penns Woods Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Richard A. Grafmyre on Glassdoor.com. Richard A. Grafmyre has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Richard A. Grafmyre in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Penns Woods Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hudock Inc. (1.23%), Northern Trust Corp (0.83%), Commonwealth Equity Services LLC (0.68%), Barclays PLC (0.11%), California State Teachers Retirement System (0.02%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian L Knepp, Brian L Knepp, Cameron Kephart, Charles E Kranich, Charles E Kranich, D Michael Hawbaker, Daniel K Brewer, John G Sr Nackley Sr, Richard A Grafmyre, Richard A Grafmyre and Robert Neher.
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