GAMMA Investing LLC Decreases Stock Position in Capitol Federal Financial $CFFN

GAMMA Investing LLC lessened its stake in Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) by 49.7% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 6,047 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock after selling 5,970 shares during the quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC’s holdings in Capitol Federal Financial were worth $37,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Capitol Federal Financial in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $71,000. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC purchased a new position in Capitol Federal Financial in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $48,165,000. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in Capitol Federal Financial by 29.9% in the 2nd quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 43,430 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock worth $279,000 after acquiring an additional 9,994 shares during the period. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Capitol Federal Financial by 30.2% in the 2nd quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 22,573 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock worth $138,000 after acquiring an additional 5,238 shares during the period. Finally, Voya Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in Capitol Federal Financial by 223.8% in the 1st quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 238,067 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock worth $1,333,000 after acquiring an additional 164,544 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 88.51% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Capitol Federal Financial in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $6.50.

Capitol Federal Financial Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CFFN opened at $6.28 on Friday. Capitol Federal Financial has a 1-year low of $4.90 and a 1-year high of $7.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.98, a current ratio of 1.27 and a quick ratio of 1.27. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $6.25 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $5.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $834.11 million, a PE ratio of 13.36 and a beta of 0.64.

Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.02. Capitol Federal Financial had a return on equity of 5.92% and a net margin of 14.87%.The firm had revenue of $50.75 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $50.51 million. On average, research analysts expect that Capitol Federal Financial will post 0.46 EPS for the current year.

Capitol Federal Financial Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 1st were issued a dividend of $0.085 per share. This represents a $0.34 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 1st. Capitol Federal Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 72.34%.

About Capitol Federal Financial

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc operates as the holding company for Capitol Federal Savings Bank that provides various retail banking products and services in the United States. The company accepts a range of deposit products, including savings accounts, money market accounts, interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing checking accounts, and certificates of deposit.