NYSE:FRC - First Republic Bank Stock Price, News, & Analysis

First Republic Bank trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FRC."

First Republic Bank announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Thursday, February 14th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 30th. View First Republic Bank's Dividend History.

First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 15th. The bank reported $1.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.24 by $0.05. The bank had revenue of $810.75 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $812.10 million. First Republic Bank had a return on equity of 11.62% and a net margin of 23.88%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 16.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.10 earnings per share. View First Republic Bank's Earnings History.

First Republic Bank is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 12th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for First Republic Bank.

16 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for First Republic Bank's stock. Their forecasts range from $92.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect First Republic Bank's share price to reach $102.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for First Republic Bank.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Republic Bank in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for First Republic Bank.

News headlines about FRC stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. First Republic Bank earned a media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the bank a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

First Republic Bank saw a decline in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,418,012 shares, a decline of 34.7% from the January 31st total of 20,558,346 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,366,561 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.8 days. View First Republic Bank's Current Options Chain.

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First Republic Bank's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.26%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (4.25%), Parnassus Investments CA (3.55%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.79%), Standard Life Aberdeen plc (2.78%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.74%).

FRC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of America Corp DE, Millennium Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, FMR LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, James Hambro & Partners, Mackenzie Financial Corp and Ceredex Value Advisors LLC.

FRC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, BlackRock Inc., Parnassus Investments CA, Geode Capital Management LLC, Baillie Gifford & Co., Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Northern Trust Corp.

Shares of FRC 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FRC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $104.45.

First Republic Bank has a market capitalization of $16.48 billion and generates $3.58 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $853.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.81 on an earnings per share basis. First Republic Bank employs 4,025 workers across the globe.

The official website for First Republic Bank is http://www.firstrepublic.com.

First Republic Bank's mailing address is 111 Pine Street 2nd Floor, San Francisco CA, 94111. The bank can be reached via phone at 415-392-1400 or via email at [email protected]