Media headlines about Enterprise Financial Services Corporation (NASDAQ:EFSC) have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Enterprise Financial Services Corporation earned a news impact score of 0.07 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media coverage about the bank an impact score of 46.087777300403 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next few days.
Several analysts have commented on EFSC shares. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Enterprise Financial Services Corporation from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 7th. BidaskClub cut shares of Enterprise Financial Services Corporation from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 27th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods restated a “hold” rating and set a $45.00 price objective on shares of Enterprise Financial Services Corporation in a research note on Friday, June 2nd. Finally, Piper Jaffray Companies restated a “buy” rating and set a $50.00 price objective on shares of Enterprise Financial Services Corporation in a research note on Friday, July 14th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. The company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $43.00.
Shares of Enterprise Financial Services Corporation (EFSC) opened at 38.05 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $39.99 and its 200 day moving average is $41.69. The firm has a market capitalization of $892.73 million, a PE ratio of 16.56 and a beta of 0.85. Enterprise Financial Services Corporation has a 52 week low of $29.65 and a 52 week high of $46.25.
Enterprise Financial Services Corporation (NASDAQ:EFSC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 24th. The bank reported $0.56 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.06. Enterprise Financial Services Corporation had a return on equity of 11.18% and a net margin of 24.54%. The company had revenue of $53.57 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $51.91 million. On average, equities analysts forecast that Enterprise Financial Services Corporation will post $2.52 earnings per share for the current year.
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 29th. Investors of record on Friday, September 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.11 per share. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 14th. Enterprise Financial Services Corporation’s dividend payout ratio is presently 18.97%.
In other Enterprise Financial Services Corporation news, Director Michael Holmes bought 2,556 shares of Enterprise Financial Services Corporation stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 15th. The stock was bought at an average price of $38.74 per share, with a total value of $99,019.44. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now owns 2,716 shares in the company, valued at $105,217.84. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 5.60% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
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Enterprise Financial Services Corporation Company Profile
Enterprise Financial Services Corp is a financial holding company for a full service banking subsidiary, Enterprise Bank & Trust (the Bank). The Bank offers banking and wealth management services to individuals and business customers primarily located in the St. Louis, Kansas City and Phoenix metropolitan markets.
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