NASDAQ:SASR - Sandy Spring Bancorp Stock Price, Forecast & News

Sandy Spring Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SASR."

Sandy Spring Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Wednesday, February 19th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 11th. View Sandy Spring Bancorp's Dividend History.

Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:SASR) posted its earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The bank reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.81 by $0.01. The bank earned $84.81 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $84.80 million. Sandy Spring Bancorp had a return on equity of 10.48% and a net margin of 27.78%. View Sandy Spring Bancorp's Earnings History.

Sandy Spring Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Sandy Spring Bancorp.

3 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Sandy Spring Bancorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.25 to $38.00. On average, they expect Sandy Spring Bancorp's share price to reach $37.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Sandy Spring Bancorp.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sandy Spring Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Sandy Spring Bancorp.

Media coverage about SASR stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Sandy Spring Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the bank a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Sandy Spring Bancorp.

Sandy Spring Bancorp saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,110,000 shares, an increase of 17.9% from the January 15th total of 1,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 157,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 13.4 days. Approximately 6.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Sandy Spring Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

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Sandy Spring Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.71%), State Street Corp (2.51%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.47%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.41%), Banc Funds Co. LLC (2.05%) and Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC (1.59%). Company insiders that own Sandy Spring Bancorp stock include Joe Reeder, Joseph S Bracewell, Mark C Michael, Mark E Friis, Ronda M Mcdowell and Shaza L Andersen. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Sandy Spring Bancorp.

SASR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Banc Funds Co. LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Pinnacle Associates Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sandy Spring Bancorp.

SASR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Emerald Advisers LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, LSV Asset Management, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Prudential Financial Inc. and State Street Corp. Company insiders that have bought Sandy Spring Bancorp stock in the last two years include Joe Reeder, Mark C Michael and Mark E Friis. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sandy Spring Bancorp.

Shares of SASR 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 SASR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.38.

Sandy Spring Bancorp has a market capitalization of $1.22 billion and generates $419.19 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $116.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.28 on an earnings per share basis. Sandy Spring Bancorp employs 910 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Sandy Spring Bancorp.

The official website for Sandy Spring Bancorp is http://www.sandyspringbank.com/.

Sandy Spring Bancorp's mailing address is 17801 GEORGIA AVE, OLNEY MD, 20832. The bank can be reached via phone at 301-774-6400 or via email at [email protected]