Evans Bancorp (EVBN) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Evans Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" EVBN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EVBN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Evans Bancorp's stock. Their EVBN share price forecasts range from $34.00 to $35.50. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $34.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 47.2% from the stock's current price.
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Evans Bancorp's stock was trading at $37.39 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, EVBN shares have decreased by 36.9% and is now trading at $23.60.
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Evans Bancorp saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,200 shares, an increase of 7.7% from the April 30th total of 10,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 13,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 25th 2023.
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Evans Bancorp, Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:EVBN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 27th. The bank reported $1.06 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.18. The bank had revenue of $21.44 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $23.01 million. Evans Bancorp had a net margin of 22.48% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.01%.

Evans Bancorp declared a semi-annual dividend on Thursday, February 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 10th will be given a dividend of $0.66 per share on Tuesday, April 4th. This represents a dividend yield of 3.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 9th. This is an increase from the stock's previous semi-annual dividend of $0.64.
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Evans Bancorp (NYSEAMERICAN:EVBN) pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.64%. EVBN has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 31.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EVBN will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.28% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Evans Bancorp trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)AMERICAN under the ticker symbol "EVBN."

Evans Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include PL Capital Advisors LLC (9.79%), Fourthstone LLC (5.00%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.53%), BlackRock Inc. (1.21%), Boothbay Fund Management LLC (0.56%) and State Street Corp (0.56%). Insiders that own company stock include David J Nasca, Kevin D Maroney, Robert G Miller Jr and Robert G Miller, Jr.
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Shares of EVBN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EVBN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.60.

Evans Bancorp (NYSEAMERICAN:EVBN) has a market capitalization of $128.86 million and generates $98.75 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $22.39 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.25 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 378 workers across the globe.

Evans Bancorp's mailing address is 14-16 North Main Street, ANGOLA, NY 14006, United States. The official website for the company is www.evansbank.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (716) 926-2000, via email at shareholderinfo@evansbank.com, or via fax at 716-926-2005.