How to buy PDL Community Bancorp stock | $14

PDL Community Bancorp is a banks-regional business based in the US. PDL Community Bancorp shares (PDLB) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. PDL Community Bancorp employs 236 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

PDL Community Bancorp stock price (NASDAQ: PDLB)

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PDL Community Bancorp shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-07-31.

Latest market close	$14.00
52-week range	$8.01 - $14.70
50-day moving average	$13.32
200-day moving average	$11.70
Wall St. target price	$16.00
PE ratio	29.0687
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.45

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Is it a good time to buy PDL Community Bancorp stock?

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PDL Community Bancorp price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $14 from 2021-05-28

1 week (2021-07-24)	N/A
1 month (2021-07-02)	4.40%
3 months (2021-05-04)	24.00%
6 months (2021-01-31)	N/A

1 year (2020-07-31)	N/A
2 years (2019-07-31)	N/A
3 years (2018-07-31)	N/A
5 years (2016-07-31)	N/A

Is PDL Community Bancorp under- or over-valued?

Valuing PDL Community Bancorp stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of PDL Community Bancorp's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

PDL Community Bancorp's P/E ratio

PDL Community Bancorp's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 29x. In other words, PDL Community Bancorp shares trade at around 29x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

PDL Community Bancorp financials

Revenue TTM	$59.5 million
Operating margin TTM	16.55%
Gross profit TTM	$52.8 million
Return on assets TTM	0.58%
Return on equity TTM	4.74%
Profit margin	12.64%
Book value	$9.77
Market capitalisation	$227.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting PDL Community Bancorp shares

There are currently 20,761 PDL Community Bancorp shares held short by investors – that's known as PDL Community Bancorp's "short interest". This figure is 19.9% down from 25,932 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting PDL Community Bancorp shares can be evaluated.

PDL Community Bancorp's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

PDL Community Bancorp's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of PDL Community Bancorp shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of PDL Community Bancorp shares traded daily (recently around 69203.333333333). PDL Community Bancorp's SIR currently stands at 0.3. In other words for every 100,000 PDL Community Bancorp shares traded daily on the market, roughly 300 shares are currently held short.

However PDL Community Bancorp's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of PDL Community Bancorp shares, or, against the total number of tradable PDL Community Bancorp shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case PDL Community Bancorp's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 PDL Community Bancorp shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.003% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable PDL Community Bancorp shares, roughly 3 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against PDL Community Bancorp.

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PDL Community Bancorp share dividends

We're not expecting PDL Community Bancorp to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

PDL Community Bancorp share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, PDL Community Bancorp's shares have ranged in value from as little as $8.01 up to $14.7. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while PDL Community Bancorp's is 0.4689. This would suggest that PDL Community Bancorp's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

PDL Community Bancorp overview

PDL Community Bancorp operates as the holding company for Ponce Bank that provides various banking products and services primarily in the New York City metropolitan area. The company provides deposit accounts, including demand, savings, and money market accounts, as well as certificates of deposit accounts; and individual retirement accounts. It also offers mortgage loans consisting of one-to-four family real estate loans, including residential investor-owned and owner-occupied, multifamily residential, and nonresidential property loans, as well as construction and land loans; commercial and industrial business loans; consumer loans; and lines of credit. In addition, the company invests in securities. It operates a network of 13 banking offices, which include 4 branches in Bronx, 2 branches in Manhattan, 3 branches in Queens, and 3 branches in Brooklyn, New York; and 1 branch in Union City, New Jersey. The company was founded in 1960 and is based in Bronx, New York. PDL Community Bancorp is a subsidiary of Ponce Bank Mutual Holding Company.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of PDL Community Bancorp is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 57.555% of PDL Community Bancorp shares are held by insiders and 23.563% by institutions. How many people work for PDL Community Bancorp?
Latest data suggests 236 work at PDL Community Bancorp. When does the fiscal year end for PDL Community Bancorp?
PDL Community Bancorp's fiscal year ends in December. Where is PDL Community Bancorp based?
PDL Community Bancorp's address is: 2244 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY, United States, 10462 What is PDL Community Bancorp's ISIN number?
PDL Community Bancorp's international securities identification number is: US69290X1019 What is PDL Community Bancorp's CUSIP number?
PDL Community Bancorp's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 69290X101