Press coverage about First Capital (NASDAQ:FCAP) has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. First Capital earned a news impact score of 0.24 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned media coverage about the savings and loans company an impact score of 45.3310816612171 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next several days.
These are some of the news headlines that may have impacted Accern Sentiment Analysis’s scoring:
- MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (MSADY) Announces Acquisition Of FirstCapital Insurance - Slideshow (seekingalpha.com)
- Golub Capital Provides $225 Million One-Loan Debt Facility to Support the Acquisition of First Watch Restaurants, Inc. by Advent International (markets.financialcontent.com)
- First Capital, Inc. (FCAP) Increases Dividend to $0.22 Per Share (americanbankingnews.com)
- First Solar : Sells California Flats Project to Capital Dynamics (4-traders.com)
- [$$] Mitsui Sumitomo Buys Singapore’s First Capital From Fairfax (finance.yahoo.com)
First Capital (NASDAQ FCAP) remained flat at $32.06 on Friday. 21 shares of the company traded hands. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $31.16 and a 200-day moving average of $31.89. The firm has a market cap of $106.98 million, a PE ratio of 14.84 and a beta of 0.06. First Capital has a one year low of $26.58 and a one year high of $34.50.
First Capital (NASDAQ:FCAP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 25th. The savings and loans company reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $8.09 million for the quarter. First Capital had a return on equity of 9.29% and a net margin of 22.72%.
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 paid a $0.22 dividend. This is a positive change from First Capital’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 14th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.74%. First Capital’s payout ratio is currently 38.71%.
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About First Capital
First Capital, Inc (First Capital) is the savings and loan holding company of First Harrison Bank (the Bank). The Bank is a federally-chartered savings bank, which provides various banking services to individuals and business customers through a network of over 17 locations in Indiana and Kentucky. The Bank offers real estate mortgage loans.
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