NASDAQ:SBTSterling Bancorp Stock Price, Forecast & News

Sterling Bancorp's stock was trading at $4.34 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SBT stock has decreased by 33.4% and is now trading at $2.89. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Sterling Bancorp is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, June 8th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Sterling Bancorp.

Sterling Bancorp (NASDAQ:SBT) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.03. The company earned $32.35 million during the quarter. Sterling Bancorp had a return on equity of 16.55% and a net margin of 30.49%. View Sterling Bancorp's earnings history.

Sterling Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. View Sterling Bancorp's dividend history.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Sterling Bancorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $6.00 to $10.50. On average, they expect Sterling Bancorp's share price to reach $8.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 185.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Sterling Bancorp.

Media stories about SBT stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Sterling Bancorp earned a news sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutSterling Bancorp.

Sterling Bancorp saw a decrease in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 142,300 shares, a decrease of 14.3% from the April 30th total of 166,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 60,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Sterling Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

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(SBT) raised $130 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, November 17th 2017. The company issued 10,000,000 shares at $12.00-$14.00 per share. Sandler O'Neill & Partners served as the underwriter for the IPO.

Sterling Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SBT."

Sterling Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Geode Capital Management LLC (0.49%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.45%), EJF Capital LLC (0.29%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.25%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.24%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.24%). Company insiders that own Sterling Bancorp stock include Lyle M Wolberg and Seth S Meltzer. View institutional ownership trends for Sterling Bancorp.

SBT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TCW Group Inc., Martingale Asset Management L P, EJF Capital LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Two Sigma Advisers LP, UBS Group AG, and First Trust Advisors LP. View insider buying and selling activity for Sterling Bancorp.

SBT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., New York State Common Retirement Fund, Invesco Ltd., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, BHZ Capital Management LP, Almitas Capital LLC, and Geode Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Sterling Bancorp stock in the last two years include Lyle M Wolberg, and Seth S Meltzer. View insider buying and selling activity for Sterling Bancorp.

Shares of SBT 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 SBT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.89.

Sterling Bancorp has a market capitalization of $145.09 million and generates $186.82 million in revenue each year. The company earns $56.95 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.11 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for Sterling Bancorp is www.sterlingbank.com.

Sterling Bancorp's mailing address is ONE TOWNE SQUARE SUITE 1900, SOUTHFIELD MI, 48076. The company can be reached via phone at 248-355-2400 or via email at [email protected]