What is DA Davidson’s Estimate for DCOM Q3 Earnings?

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:DCOM) – Investment analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Dime Community Bancshares in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, October 20th. DA Davidson analyst P. Winter expects that the savings and loans company will post earnings per share of $0.67 for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Dime Community Bancshares’ current full-year earnings is $3.06 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Dime Community Bancshares’ FY2025 earnings at $2.65 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.75 EPS.

Separately, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Dime Community Bancshares in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Dime Community Bancshares currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $37.17.

Dime Community Bancshares Price Performance

DCOM stock opened at $29.66 on Wednesday. Dime Community Bancshares has a 1 year low of $23.25 and a 1 year high of $37.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 1.02. The stock has a market cap of $1.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.31 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $30.04 and a 200 day simple moving average of $27.93.

Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:DCOM) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The savings and loans company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $109.54 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $107.08 million. Dime Community Bancshares had a net margin of 6.74% and a return on equity of 6.90%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.37 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Dime Community Bancshares

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Dime Community Bancshares by 0.5% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,754,416 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock valued at $76,793,000 after buying an additional 14,802 shares during the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Dime Community Bancshares by 16.9% in the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,357,255 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock valued at $65,721,000 after purchasing an additional 340,046 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its stake in shares of Dime Community Bancshares by 25.3% in the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,592,656 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock valued at $44,403,000 after purchasing an additional 321,353 shares during the last quarter. Systematic Financial Management LP increased its holdings in shares of Dime Community Bancshares by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. Systematic Financial Management LP now owns 1,228,999 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock valued at $33,109,000 after purchasing an additional 27,463 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brown Advisory Inc. boosted its holdings in Dime Community Bancshares by 13.1% during the second quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 1,129,067 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock worth $30,417,000 after buying an additional 131,087 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 75.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Dime Community Bancshares

In other news, Director Basswood Capital Management, L sold 9,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.33, for a total transaction of $272,970.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 1,034,158 shares in the company, valued at approximately $31,366,012.14. This represents a 0.86% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Raymond A. Nielsen sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.92, for a total transaction of $30,920.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 38,185 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,180,680.20. This represents a 2.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 7.10% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Dime Community Bancshares Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 17th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 17th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.4%. Dime Community Bancshares’s dividend payout ratio is currently 119.05%.

Dime Community Bancshares Company Profile

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc operates as the holding company for Dime Community Bank that engages in the provision of various commercial banking and financial services. The company accepts time, savings, and demand deposits from the businesses, consumers, and local municipalities. It also offers commercial real estate loans; multi-family mortgage loans; residential mortgage loans; letters of credit; secured and unsecured commercial and consumer loans; lines of credit; home equity loans; and construction and land loans.