News stories about ASB Bancorp (NASDAQ:ASBB) have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. ASB Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of 0.14 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news stories about the bank an impact score of 46.0977090899596 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the near term.
Shares of ASB Bancorp (ASBB) opened at 43.75 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $154.04 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 114.83 and a beta of 0.34. ASB Bancorp has a one year low of $24.80 and a one year high of $46.00. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $44.14 and its 200-day moving average is $38.77.
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About ASB Bancorp
ASB Bancorp, Inc is the holding company for Asheville Savings Bank (the Bank). The Company’s principal business activity is the ownership of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Bank. The Bank is a chartered savings bank. It operates as a community-oriented financial institution offering traditional financial services to consumers and businesses in its primary market area.
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