Sterling Bancorp trades as part of the financial services sector and is part of the banking industry. The company CEO is Jack L. Kopnisky. Sterling Bancorp is a provider of financial services. The company functions through the Sterling National Bank, which delivers deposit, lending, and wealth management products to commercial businesses and affluent consumers.
Previous Intraday Trading Performance:
The STL stock showed a previous change of 3.54% with an open at 20.12 and a close of 20.50. It reached an intraday high of 20.52 and a low of 20.10.
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Liquidity:
The stock has a market cap of $4.3b with 209.7m shares outstanding, of which the float is 204.0m shares. Trading volume reached 2,851,389 shares compared to its average volume of 2,521,357 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is good.
Historical Trading Performance:
Over the last five trading days, Sterling Bancorp shares returned 0.64% and in the past 30 trading days it returned 0.77%. Over three months, it changed 1.66%. In one year it has changed -17.02% and within that year its 52-week high was 25.65 and its 52-week low was 15.62. STL stock is 31.24% above its 52 Week Low.
Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 19.76 and a 50 day moving average of 20.28. Currently STL stock is trading 3.75% above its 200 day moving average and may be a good opportunity to buy.
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Earnings:
The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 1.95 that ended on 31st of December 2018, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 10.51. Based on 3 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 0.49. The TTM EPS is 1.98, which comes to a TTM PE of 10.35. Historically, the PE high was 63.60 and the PE low was 10.35. STL stock has set a new PE low record!
Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:
| 1st | Qtr of 2019 | (Reported on 04/24/2019): | 0.47 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 01/23/2019): | 0.51 |
| 3rd | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 10/23/2018): | 0.52 |
| 2nd | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 07/24/2018): | 0.50 |
| 1st | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 04/24/2018): | 0.43 |
The dividend per share is currently 0.28, which is a dividend yield of 1.41%. Also, the payout ratio is 14.14%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.
Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 27.70, which means it is possibly undervalued and has a margin of safety of 25.98%.
Indicators to Watch:
Short-interest was 19,209,273, which was 9.16% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio was 7.38. This stock has a moderate level of short interest, but may still be a buying opportunity depending on other indicators.
The current calculated beta is 1.32.
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Fundamental Indicators:
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 10.98%, return on assets is 1.53%, profit margin is 34.11%, price-to-sales is 3.12 and price-to-book is 0.97.
Company Scores:
All scores are out of six:
4 :Valuation Score
4 :Past Performance Score
5 :Financial Strength Score
1 :Future Growth Score
4 :Dividend Score
3 :Overall Score
