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 declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Thursday, February 14th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 30th. View First Republic Bank's Dividend History.

First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC) released its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 15th. The bank reported $1.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.24 by $0.05. The bank earned $810.75 million during 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 was up 16.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.10 EPS. 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.

15 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for First Republic Bank's shares. Their forecasts range from $92.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate First Republic Bank's stock price to reach $103.6414 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for First Republic Bank.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Republic Bank in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for First Republic Bank.

Media coverage about FRC stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news 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. First Republic Bank earned a news impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

First Republic Bank saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,418,012 shares, a decrease 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 days-to-cover ratio is currently 9.8 days. View First Republic Bank's Current Options Chain.

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First Republic Bank's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 bought 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 $98.10.

First Republic Bank has a market capitalization of $15.48 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]