NASDAQ:SFNC - Simmons First National Stock Price, Forecast & News

Simmons First National trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SFNC."

Simmons First National announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Monday, January 6th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.56%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. View Simmons First National's Dividend History.

Shares of Simmons First National split on the morning of Friday, February 9th 2018. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 18th 2018. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Thursday, February 8th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of Simmons First National stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Simmons First National Co. (NASDAQ:SFNC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The bank reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.05. The bank had revenue of $212.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $205.30 million. Simmons First National had a return on equity of 11.06% and a net margin of 24.10%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.61 earnings per share. View Simmons First National's Earnings History.

Simmons First National is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Simmons First National.

5 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Simmons First National's shares. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $33.00. On average, they anticipate Simmons First National's stock price to reach $28.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Simmons First National.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Simmons First National in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Simmons First National.

News headlines about SFNC stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Simmons First National earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories 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 stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Simmons First National.

Simmons First National saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,900,000 shares, an increase of 31.8% from the December 15th total of 2,960,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 641,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.1 days. Currently, 4.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Simmons First National's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Simmons First National include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), KeyCorp (KEY), First Republic Bank (FRC), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and TCF Financial (TCF).

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Simmons First National's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.27%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.10%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.09%), Strs Ohio (0.05%), Patten Group Inc. (0.04%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%). Company insiders that own Simmons First National stock include David W Garner, Eugene Hunt, George Makris Jr, George Makris, Jr, Jay D Burchfield, Marty Casteel, Patrick A Burrow, Paul D Kanneman, Robert A Fehlman, Russell William Teubner, Steven C Wade and Vernon Wilson Jr Bryant. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Simmons First National.

SFNC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Patten Group Inc. and Peregrine Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Simmons First National.

SFNC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New York State Teachers Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, CENTRAL TRUST Co, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Strs Ohio. Company insiders that have bought Simmons First National stock in the last two years include Eugene Hunt, George Makris Jr, George Makris, Jr and Patrick A Burrow. View Insider Buying and Selling for Simmons First National.

Shares of SFNC 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 SFNC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.03.

Simmons First National has a market capitalization of $2.42 billion and generates $988.15 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $215.71 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.73 on an earnings per share basis. Simmons First National employs 2,654 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Simmons First National.

The official website for Simmons First National is http://www.simmonsbank.com/.

Simmons First National's mailing address is 501 MAIN STREET, PINE BLUFF AR, 71601. The bank can be reached via phone at 870-541-1000 or via email at [email protected]