NYSE:STL - Sterling Bancorp Stock Price, Forecast & News

Sterling Bancorp trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "STL."

Sterling Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 31st. View Sterling Bancorp's Dividend History.

Sterling Bancorp (NYSE:STL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 22nd. The financial services provider reported $0.54 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $260.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $256.05 million. Sterling Bancorp had a return on equity of 9.97% and a net margin of 31.85%. The firm's revenue was down 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.52 earnings per share. View Sterling Bancorp's Earnings History.

Sterling Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Sterling Bancorp.

7 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Sterling Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $28.00. On average, they expect Sterling Bancorp's stock price to reach $26.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 57.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Sterling Bancorp.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sterling Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Sterling Bancorp.

Media headlines about STL stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative news 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 negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Sterling Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Sterling Bancorp.

Sterling Bancorp saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 9,550,000 shares, an increase of 12.4% from the January 30th total of 8,500,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,200,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.0 days. Currently, 4.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Sterling Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Sterling Bancorp include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Signature Bank (SBNY), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and TCF Financial (TCF).

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Sterling Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.37%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.19%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (2.73%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.19%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.15%) and Bank of America Corp DE (1.14%). Company insiders that own Sterling Bancorp stock include Brian T Edwards, Burt Steinberg, Jack L Kopnisky, James F Deutsch, James J Landy, James P Blose, Javier L Evan, Mona Aboelnaga, Richard L O'toole, Robert Giambrone, Rodney Whitwell and Thomas X Geisel. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Sterling Bancorp.

STL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including EJF Capital LLC, State Street Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Alliancebernstein L.P., William Blair Investment Management LLC, Man Group plc and Kahn Brothers Group Inc. DE. Company insiders that have sold Sterling Bancorp company stock in the last year include Brian T Edwards, Jack L Kopnisky, Javier L Evan, Rodney Whitwell and Thomas X Geisel. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sterling Bancorp.

STL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Earnest Partners LLC, Walthausen & Co. LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., FMR LLC, Citigroup Inc., Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC and Barclays PLC. Company insiders that have bought Sterling Bancorp stock in the last two years include Mona Aboelnaga, Richard L O'toole and Robert Giambrone. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sterling Bancorp.

Shares of STL 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 STL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.59.

Sterling Bancorp has a market capitalization of $3.35 billion and generates $1.33 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $427.04 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.07 on an earnings per share basis. Sterling Bancorp employs 1,907 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Sterling Bancorp.

The official website for Sterling Bancorp is http://www.sterlingbancorp.com/.

Sterling Bancorp's mailing address is 400 Rella Boulevard, Montebello NY, 10901. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 845-369-8040 or via email at [email protected]