News articles about Pathfinder Bancorp (NASDAQ:PBHC) have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Pathfinder Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news articles about the savings and loans company an impact score of 47.9010546237633 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the immediate future.
Separately, TheStreet upgraded shares of Pathfinder Bancorp from a “c+” rating to a “b” rating in a research report on Monday, April 17th.
Pathfinder Bancorp (NASDAQ PBHC) traded down 0.20% during trading on Friday, reaching $15.15. 3,312 shares of the company were exchanged. The firm has a market capitalization of $61.31 million, a PE ratio of 19.42 and a beta of 0.29. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $15.43 and a 200 day moving average price of $14.87. Pathfinder Bancorp has a 12 month low of $11.94 and a 12 month high of $16.00.
Pathfinder Bancorp (NASDAQ:PBHC) last posted its earnings results on Friday, July 28th. The savings and loans company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter. Pathfinder Bancorp had a net margin of 11.67% and a return on equity of 5.74%. The firm had revenue of $6.53 million during the quarter.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.0525 per share. This is an increase from Pathfinder Bancorp’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. This represents a $0.21 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 12th. Pathfinder Bancorp’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 25.00%.
In other Pathfinder Bancorp news, Director George P. Joyce bought 4,800 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 24th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $15.31 per share, for a total transaction of $73,488.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 5,779 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $88,476.49. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director George P. Joyce bought 6,200 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 18th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $14.22 per share, with a total value of $88,164.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now directly owns 5,779 shares in the company, valued at approximately $82,177.38. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders have acquired a total of 11,825 shares of company stock valued at $174,415 over the last 90 days. 21.06% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
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About Pathfinder Bancorp
Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc is a federally chartered mid-tier holding company. The primary business of the Company is its investment in Pathfinder Bank (the Bank). The Bank is primarily engaged in the business of attracting deposits from the general public in the Bank’s market area, and investing such deposits, together with other sources of funds, in loans secured by one- to four-family residential real estate, commercial real estate, small business loans and consumer loans.
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