Stellarone (STEL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

StellarOne Corporation is a bank holding company of StellarOne Bank (the Bank). The Bank is an independent commercial bank holding company. It offers services provided by full-service banks, including individual and commercial demand and time deposit accounts, commercial and consumer loans, residential mortgages, credit card services and deposit services. The Bank, through its commercial banking segment, offers Internet banking access for banking services, mobile banking and online bill payment for both consumers and commercial customers. Lending is focused on individuals and small to middle-market businesses in the local markets of the Bank. The Bank, through its wealth management segment, provides a variety of wealth management and personal trust services. The mortgage banking segment engages primarily in the origination and acquisition of residential mortgages for sale into the secondary market. In January 2014, Union First Market Bankshares Corp acquired StellarOne Corporation.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $37.26 to $37.50
• 50-Day Range: $35.36 to $37.96
• 52-Week Range: $26.08 to $40.21
• Volume: 171,702 shs
• Average Volume: 234,812 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.91 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.25
• Dividend Yield: 1.60%
• Price Target: $37.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Stellarone Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Stellarone scored higher than 64% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 509th out of 881 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Stellarone has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Stellarone is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Stellarone has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.20%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Stellarone are expected to grow by 15.20% in the coming year, from $2.04 to $2.35 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Stellarone is 18.25, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 43.12.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Stellarone is 18.25, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.83.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Stellarone has a P/B Ratio of 1.14. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.96% of the float of Stellarone has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Stellarone has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Stellarone has recently increased by 6.24%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Stellarone pays a meaningful dividend of 1.60%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Stellarone has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Stellarone is 29.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Stellarone will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.53% next year. This indicates that Stellarone will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.50

News Sentiment

Stellarone has a news sentiment score of 0.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Stellarone this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for STEL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Stellarone insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.33% of the stock of Stellarone is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

54.15% of the stock of Stellarone is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/31 Dividend: 3/16/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend: 3/16/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/31/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/28/2026
• Today: 5/24/2026
• Record date for 6/26 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/26 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/26/2026
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 6/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: N/A
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:STEL
• CIK: 1036070
• Web: www.stellarone.com
• Phone: +1-434-9642211
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,053
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Stellarone: $37.00
• High Price Target: $44.00
• Low Price Target: $30.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -1.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.05
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.25
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.34
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $102.87 million
• Net Margins: 17.56%
• Pretax Margin: 21.75%
• Return on Equity: 6.54%
• Return on Assets: 1.01%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.02
• Current Ratio: 0.89
• Quick Ratio: 0.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $596.26 million
• Price / Sales: 3.20
• Cash Flow: $2.53 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.82
• Book Value: $32.75 per share
• Price / Book: 1.14

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 50,920,000
• Free Float: 46,170,000
• Market Cap: $1.91 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.72