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Sterne Agee Neutral On Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 8:36am | 106Sterne Agee has a Neutral rating on shares of Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ: CFFN). In a note to clients, Sterne Agee writes, "Capitol Federal completed its second-step transaction by selling a total of 118.2 million shares. The transaction closed at the minimum allocation which equated to an...
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Keefe Bruyette Ups CFFN To Outperform
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 6:51am | 50Analysts at Keefe Bruyette upgrade Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ: CFFN) from “market perform” to “outperform.” The target price for CFFN is set to $14. CFFN shares gained 1.27% to close at $11.93 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Provident New York Bancorp Reports Q1 EPS of $.18
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 5:34pm | 71Provident New York Bancorp (NASDAQ: PBNY), the parent company of Provident Bank, today announced first-quarter results for the quarter ended December 31, 2010. Net income for the quarter was $6.7 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, compared to net income of $5.4 million, or $0.14 per diluted share...
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Options Brief: Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (HCBK)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 3:00pm | 95Shares of Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCBK) are lower on the session by 0.27%, trading at $11.00. Overall call volume is now running at 3.32x the daily average, with 59% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 3,128 contracts have traded on the session so far. Hudson City Bancorp...
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Indiana Community Bancorp Reports Q4 EPS of $.36
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 1:41pm | 84Indiana Community Bancorp (Nasdaq: INCB), the holding company of Indiana Bank and Trust Company of Columbus, Indiana, today announced net income for the fourth quarter of $1.5 million or $0.36 diluted earnings per common share compared to a net loss of $1.4 million or $(0.50) diluted loss per...
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Options Brief: Radian Group Inc. (RDN)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 11:54am | 74Shares of Radian Group Inc. (NYSE: RDN) are lower on the session by 2.60%, trading at $7.50. Overall put volume is now running at 5.49x the daily average, with 67% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 6,949 contracts have traded on the session so far. Radian Group Inc. is a credit...
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Greene County Bancorp Reports Q2 EPS of $.32
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 11:26am | 118Greene County Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: GCBC), the holding company for The Bank of Greene County and its subsidiary Greene County Commercial Bank, today reported net income for the six months and quarter ended December 31, 2010. Net income for the six months ended December 31, 2010 amounted to $2.7...
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Wunderlich Initiates Buy on First PacTrust Bancorp (FPTB)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 8:55am | 112Wunderlich is out with its report on First PacTrust Bancorp (NASDAQ: FPTB), initiating FPTB at Buy. In a note to clients, Wunderlich writes, "We expect FPTB to be a strategic consolidator across Southern California, complementing the long-term organic growth opportunities in its footprint. In our...
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Wunderlich Initiates First PacTrust Bancorp At Buy
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 8:05am | 26Wunderlich Securities has initiated coverage on First PacTrust Bancorp (NASDAQ: FPTB) with a Buy rating and $20 price target.
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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of February
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 2:54am | 770Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...
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Benzinga's Worst Performing Industries, January 24th (TIBB, SBCF, RLD, RGC, PMI, AGO, PMC)
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 7:26pm | 153The regional - mid-atlantic banks traded 2.04% lower today, as TIB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: TIBB) dropped 9.50%. Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (NASDAQ: SBCF) fell 2.92%, and closed at $1.66. The movie production and theaters industry lost 1.84% on Monday. In the space, RealD (NYSE:...
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First Financial Northwest Reports Q4 EPS of $.03
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 5:26pm | 80First Financial Northwest, Inc. (Nasdaq: FFNW) today reported net income for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010 of $568,000, or $0.03 per diluted share, as compared to a net loss of $12.2 million, or $0.69 per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. For the year ended...
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Capitol Federal Financial Announces Dividend of $.075
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 2:52pm | 53Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq: CFFN) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.075 per share on outstanding CFFN common stock. The dividend is payable on February 18, 2011 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 4...
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Options Brief: Radian Group Inc. (RDN)
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 2:31pm | 93Shares of Radian Group Inc. (NYSE: RDN) are lower on the session by 2.42%, trading at $7.67. Overall put volume is now running at 3.78x the daily average, with 55% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 4,136 contracts have traded on the session so far. Radian Group Inc. is a credit...
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Options Brief: MGIC Investment Corporation (MTG)
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 2:17pm | 102Shares of MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE: MTG) are lower on the session by 0.44%, trading at $9.03. Overall put volume is now running at 12.15x the daily average, with 40% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 26,499 contracts have traded on the session so far. MGIC Investment...