SmartFinancial (SMBK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SmartFinancial in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 2 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" SMBK shares.
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5 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for SmartFinancial's stock. Their SMBK share price targets range from $23.00 to $28.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $25.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.9% from the stock's current price.
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SmartFinancial's stock was trading at $24.49 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SMBK shares have decreased by 15.6% and is now trading at $20.66.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 22nd 2024.
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SmartFinancial, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMBK) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January, 22nd. The bank reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.02. The bank had revenue of $65.07 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $39.14 million. SmartFinancial had a net margin of 10.65% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.94%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.76 earnings per share.

SmartFinancial announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 10th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Tuesday, May 28th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 9th.
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SmartFinancial (NASDAQ:SMBK) pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.54%. The dividend payout ratio is 20.51%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SMBK will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.88% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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19 employees have rated SmartFinancial Chief Executive Officer Billy Carroll on Glassdoor.com. Billy Carroll has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Billy Carroll in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SmartFinancial investors own include Edwards Lifesciences (EW), General Mills (GIS), STAG Industrial (STAG), Trevena (TRVN), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Great Panther Mining (GPL), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Pfizer (PFE) and PulteGroup (PHM).

SmartFinancial's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Salzhauer Michael (1.43%) and SlateStone Wealth LLC (0.20%). Insiders that own company stock include Cathy G Ackermann, David Austin Ogle, Gary Wayne Petty Jr, Geoffrey Alan Wolpert, John M Presley, Keith Edward Whaley, Rhett D Jordan, Wesley Miller Welborn and William Young Jr Carroll.
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