Citizens Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:CZWI) Shares Cross Below 200 Day Moving Average of $12.70

Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CZWI – Get Rating)’s share price passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $12.70 and traded as low as $12.31. Citizens Community Bancorp shares last traded at $12.39, with a volume of 5,778 shares traded.

Citizens Community Bancorp Stock Up 0.3 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 0.97 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The stock has a market capitalization of $129.85 million, a PE ratio of 7.33 and a beta of 0.92. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $12.43 and a 200-day moving average price of $12.70.

Citizens Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:CZWI – Get Rating) last posted its earnings results on Monday, January 23rd. The bank reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.08. Citizens Community Bancorp had a return on equity of 11.23% and a net margin of 22.25%. The company had revenue of $22.23 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.60 million. As a group, analysts forecast that Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. will post 1.52 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Citizens Community Bancorp Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed an annual dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.29 per share. This is an increase from Citizens Community Bancorp’s previous annual dividend of $0.26. This represents a yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 2nd. Citizens Community Bancorp’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 17.16%.

Institutional Trading of Citizens Community Bancorp

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CZWI. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Citizens Community Bancorp by 5.0% in the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 42,816 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $647,000 after acquiring an additional 2,050 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Citizens Community Bancorp by 30.9% during the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 33,455 shares of the bank’s stock worth $504,000 after purchasing an additional 7,901 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Citizens Community Bancorp by 2.7% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 243,255 shares of the bank’s stock worth $3,676,000 after buying an additional 6,456 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Citizens Community Bancorp by 3.4% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 435,534 shares of the bank’s stock worth $6,581,000 after buying an additional 14,433 shares during the period. Finally, Prelude Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Citizens Community Bancorp by 43.3% during the first quarter. Prelude Capital Management LLC now owns 85,750 shares of the bank’s stock worth $1,296,000 after buying an additional 25,907 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 55.85% of the company’s stock.

About Citizens Community Bancorp

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Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc operates as a bank holding company for Citizens Community Federal Bank. It provides commercial, agricultural and consumer banking services. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Eau Claire, WI.