Headlines about Guaranty Federal Bancshares (NASDAQ:GFED) have been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, Accern reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Guaranty Federal Bancshares earned a media sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 44.0232174000396 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next few days.
Shares of Guaranty Federal Bancshares (NASDAQ GFED) traded down 0.27% during trading on Friday, hitting $21.77. 4,912 shares of the stock traded hands. Guaranty Federal Bancshares has a 52 week low of $15.89 and a 52 week high of $22.07. The company has a 50-day moving average of $21.39 and a 200-day moving average of $20.40. The firm has a market cap of $96.25 million, a P/E ratio of 15.78 and a beta of 0.60.
Guaranty Federal Bancshares (NASDAQ:GFED) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 19th. The financial services provider reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $7.26 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.90 million. Guaranty Federal Bancshares had a return on equity of 8.51% and a net margin of 18.91%. On average, analysts forecast that Guaranty Federal Bancshares will post $1.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Several brokerages have recently weighed in on GFED. ValuEngine raised shares of Guaranty Federal Bancshares from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, June 2nd. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Guaranty Federal Bancshares from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $22.00 price target for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 30th.
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In related news, major shareholder Castle Creek Capital Partners acquired 24,782 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 14th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $20.88 per share, for a total transaction of $517,448.16. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 12.50% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
About Guaranty Federal Bancshares
Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc is the savings and loan holding company for Guaranty Federal Savings Bank (the Bank). The Company operates through banking operation segment. The banking segment is engaged in the business of originating mortgage loans secured by one- to four-family residences, multi-family, construction, commercial and consumer loans.
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