CNB Financial Co. (NASDAQ:CCNE – Get Free Report)’s share price shot up 4.9% during mid-day trading on Tuesday after the company announced better than expected quarterly earnings. The company traded as high as $25.05 and last traded at $24.98. 7,025 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 84% from the average session volume of 45,181 shares. The stock had previously closed at $23.81.
The bank reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.04. CNB Financial had a return on equity of 10.37% and a net margin of 15.30%. The firm had revenue of $94.21 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $55.40 million.
CNB Financial Increases Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 13th. Investors of record on Friday, August 30th were issued a dividend of $0.18 per share. This is an increase from CNB Financial’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 30th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.84%. CNB Financial’s payout ratio is 30.25%.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
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Institutional Investors Weigh In On CNB Financial
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Creative Planning lifted its holdings in CNB Financial by 82.3% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 18,440 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $444,000 after acquiring an additional 8,327 shares during the period. Unison Advisors LLC acquired a new position in CNB Financial in the third quarter valued at approximately $692,000. SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new position in CNB Financial in the third quarter valued at approximately $181,000. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in CNB Financial by 5.7% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 10,543 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $215,000 after acquiring an additional 568 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in CNB Financial by 2.7% in the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 944,685 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $19,280,000 after acquiring an additional 24,666 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 52.35% of the company’s stock.
CNB Financial Price Performance
The company has a market capitalization of $532.45 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.65 and a beta of 0.69. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $23.74 and a 200-day simple moving average of $21.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.94.
About CNB Financial
CNB Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for CNB Bank that provides a range of banking products and services for individual, business, governmental, and institutional customers. The company accepts checking, savings, and time deposit accounts; and offers real estate, commercial, industrial, residential, and consumer loans, as well as various other specialized financial services.
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