Investar (ISTR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Investar in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" ISTR shares.
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2 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Investar's stock. Their ISTR share price targets range from $13.50 to $14.75. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $14.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.6%.
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Investar's stock was trading at $14.91 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ISTR stock has increased by 6.0% and is now trading at $15.80.
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Investar saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 35,900 shares, a decrease of 9.8% from the March 15th total of 39,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 23,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.4% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Investar Holding Co. (NASDAQ:ISTR) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.25 by $0.14. The financial services provider earned $20.25 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $20.84 million. Investar had a net margin of 11.94% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.64%.

Investar announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Tuesday, April 30th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 28th.
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Investar (NASDAQ:ISTR) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.55%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 23.67%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ISTR will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.73% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2 employees have rated Investar Chief Executive Officer John J. D Angelo on Glassdoor.com. John J. D Angelo has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts John J. D Angelo in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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