A Look Into Financial Services Sector Value Stocks
Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights
Benzinga Insights has identified five value stocks in the financial services sector based on quantified analysis. These include Main Street Capital (P/E: 8.94), WaFd (P/E: 6.18), Peoples Financial Servs (P/E: 7.96), Sound Financial Bancorp (P/E: 9.16), and Amalgamated Financial (P/E: 5.71). The report also provides recent earnings per share and dividend yield data for each company.
October 05, 2023 | 2:50 pm
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NEGATIVE IMPACT
Amalgamated Financial's earnings per share decreased from $0.74 in Q1 to $0.72 most recently, and its dividend yield decreased from 2.3% to 2.01%.
The decrease in earnings per share and dividend yield could negatively impact the stock price.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 70
RELEVANCE 100
NEGATIVE IMPACT
WaFd's earnings per share decreased from $0.95 in Q2 to $0.89 most recently, and its dividend yield decreased from 3.91% to 3.33%.
The decrease in earnings per share and dividend yield could negatively impact the stock price.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 70
RELEVANCE 100
NEUTRAL IMPACT
Peoples Financial Servs' earnings per share increased from $1.04 in Q1 to $1.31 most recently, but its dividend yield decreased from 4.05% to 3.51%.
The increase in earnings per share could positively impact the stock price, but the decrease in dividend yield could have a negative impact.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 70
RELEVANCE 100
POSITIVE IMPACT
Main Street Capital's earnings per share increased from $1.07 in Q1 to $1.12 most recently.
The increase in earnings per share indicates improved profitability, which could positively impact the stock price.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 70
RELEVANCE 100
POSITIVE IMPACT
Sound Financial Bancorp's earnings per share increased from $0.83 in Q1 to $1.11 most recently, and its dividend yield increased slightly from 2.05% to 2.08%.
The increase in earnings per share and slight increase in dividend yield could positively impact the stock price.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 70
RELEVANCE 100