News coverage about Charter Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:CHFN) has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Charter Financial Corp. earned a news impact score of 0.16 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the bank an impact score of 47.0533237000425 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next several days.
Here are some of the headlines that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s analysis:
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- SI Financial Group reports higher earnings in second quarter (thewesterlysun.com)
- Charter Financial Corp. to Post Q4 2017 Earnings of $0.22 Per Share, FIG Partners Forecasts (NASDAQ:CHFN) (americanbankingnews.com)
- Zacks: Charter Financial Corp. (CHFN) Given $21.50 Consensus Price Target by Analysts (americanbankingnews.com)
- Charter Financial Corp. (CHFN) Raises Dividend to $0.07 Per Share (americanbankingnews.com)
A number of analysts recently weighed in on CHFN shares. FIG Partners reiterated a “market-perform” rating on shares of Charter Financial Corp. in a research note on Friday, June 2nd. Sandler O’Neill started coverage on shares of Charter Financial Corp. in a research note on Monday, April 17th. They set a “buy” rating and a $23.00 price target for the company. ValuEngine upgraded shares of Charter Financial Corp. from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, June 9th. Finally, BidaskClub cut shares of Charter Financial Corp. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 19th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. Charter Financial Corp. has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $18.50.
Shares of Charter Financial Corp. (CHFN) traded down 1.96% during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $18.04. 4,172 shares of the company were exchanged. The firm has a market capitalization of $258.93 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.31 and a beta of 0.41. Charter Financial Corp. has a 12 month low of $12.51 and a 12 month high of $21.10. The company’s 50-day moving average is $18.06 and its 200 day moving average is $18.46.
Charter Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:CHFN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 25th. The bank reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $16.63 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.74 million. Charter Financial Corp. had a net margin of 21.28% and a return on equity of 7.63%. Analysts predict that Charter Financial Corp. will post $1.16 EPS for the current year.
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 10th will be issued a $0.07 dividend. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.52%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 8th. This is an increase from Charter Financial Corp.’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.07. Charter Financial Corp.’s payout ratio is currently 25.00%.
In other Charter Financial Corp. news, President Lee Washam sold 5,147 shares of Charter Financial Corp. stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.13, for a total value of $93,315.11. Following the completion of the transaction, the president now owns 148,154 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,686,032.02. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 14,273 shares of company stock valued at $258,689. 10.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
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Charter Financial Corp. Company Profile
Charter Financial Corporation is a savings and loan holding company for CharterBank (the Bank). The Bank is a federally-chartered savings bank. The Bank’s principal business consists of attracting retail deposits from the general public and investing those deposits, together with funds generated from operations, in commercial real estate loans, one- to four-family residential mortgage loans, construction loans and investment securities, commercial business loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, and other consumer loans.
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