NASDAQ:SPFI - South Plains Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

South Plains Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SPFI."

South Plains Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 27th will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Monday, February 10th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 24th. View South Plains Financial's Dividend History.

South Plains Financial (NASDAQ:SPFI) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.10. The business earned $40.68 million during the quarter. South Plains Financial had a return on equity of 11.68% and a net margin of 15.41%. View South Plains Financial's Earnings History.

South Plains Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, June 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for South Plains Financial.

2 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for South Plains Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect South Plains Financial's stock price to reach $21.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for South Plains Financial.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for South Plains Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for South Plains Financial.

News coverage about SPFI stock has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. South Plains Financial earned a daily sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for South Plains Financial.

South Plains Financial saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 198,500 shares, a decline of 15.3% from the January 15th total of 234,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 58,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.4 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View South Plains Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to South Plains Financial include Veritex (VBTX), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), First Busey (BUSE), S & T Bancorp (STBA), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), 1st Source (SRCE), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), FB Financial (FBK), First Bancorp (FBNC), OFG Bancorp (OFG), Triumph Bancorp (TBK), Boston Private Financial (BPFH) and Carolina Financial (CARO).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other South Plains Financial investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Dominion Energy (D), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Altria Group (MO), Philip Morris International (PM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Huntington Bancshares (HBAN).

(SPFI) raised $63 million in an IPO on Thursday, May 9th 2019. The company issued 3,400,000 shares at $17.50-$19.50 per share. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (A Stifel Company) and Sandler O’Neill + Partners served as the underwriters for the IPO.

South Plains Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Banc Funds Co. LLC (1.17%), FMR LLC (0.91%), State Street Corp (0.70%), Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc. (0.66%), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (0.48%) and Barclays PLC (0.40%). Company insiders that own South Plains Financial stock include Cory T Newsom, Kyle R Wargo, Mikella D Newsom, Richard D Campbell and Steven B Crockett. View Institutional Ownership Trends for South Plains Financial.

SPFI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc., Penn Capital Management Co. Inc. and Victory Capital Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for South Plains Financial.

SPFI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, State Street Corp, Acadian Asset Management LLC, FMR LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Martingale Asset Management L P, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Fourthstone LLC. Company insiders that have bought South Plains Financial stock in the last two years include Cory T Newsom, Kyle R Wargo, Mikella D Newsom and Steven B Crockett. View Insider Buying and Selling for South Plains Financial.

Shares of SPFI 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 SPFI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.93.

South Plains Financial has a market capitalization of $376.89 million and generates $189.57 million in revenue each year. The company earns $29.22 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.69 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About South Plains Financial.

The official website for South Plains Financial is http://www.city.bank/.

South Plains Financial's mailing address is 5219 CITY BANK PARKWAY, LUBBOCK TX, 79407. The company can be reached via phone at 806-792-7101.