How to buy Sound Financial Bancorp stock

Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc is a banks-regional business based in the US. Sound Financial Bancorp shares (SFBC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

How to buy shares in Sound Financial Bancorp

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Sound Financial Bancorp. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: SFBC. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Sound Financial Bancorp reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Sound Financial Bancorp, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Sound Financial Bancorp. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Sound Financial Bancorp share price

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Sound Financial Bancorp shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$16.5791 - USD$35.723
50-day moving average	USD$32.7821
200-day moving average	USD$30.3393
Wall St. target price	N/A
PE ratio	9.9855
Dividend yield	USD$0.6 (1.76%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$3.441

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Sound Financial Bancorp financials

Revenue TTM	USD$34 million
Operating margin TTM	35.06%
Gross profit TTM	USD$34 million
Return on assets TTM	1.13%
Return on equity TTM	10.95%
Profit margin	26.28%
Book value	$33.314
Market capitalisation	USD$89.1 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Sound Financial Bancorp shares

There are currently 1,175 Sound Financial Bancorp shares held short by investors – that's known as Sound Financial Bancorp's "short interest". This figure is 1.9% up from 1,153 last month.

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

Sound Financial Bancorp's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Sound Financial Bancorp's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Sound Financial Bancorp shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Sound Financial Bancorp shares traded daily (recently around 743.67088607595). Sound Financial Bancorp's SIR currently stands at 1.58. In other words for every 100,000 Sound Financial Bancorp shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1580 shares are currently held short.

However Sound Financial Bancorp's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Sound Financial Bancorp shares, or, against the total number of tradable Sound Financial Bancorp shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Sound Financial Bancorp's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Sound Financial Bancorp shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0005% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Sound Financial Bancorp shares, roughly 1 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 Sound Financial Bancorp.

Find out more about how you can short Sound Financial Bancorp stock.

Sound Financial Bancorp share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Sound Financial Bancorp's shares have ranged in value from as little as $16.5791 up to $35.723. 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 Sound Financial Bancorp's is 1.04. This would suggest that Sound Financial Bancorp's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Sound Financial Bancorp overview

Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Sound Community Bank that provides banking and other financial services for consumers and businesses. It accepts various deposits products comprising savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, NOW accounts, demand accounts, and certificates of deposit. The company also offers various loan products, such as loans secured by first and second mortgages on one-to four-family residences; home equity loans comprising fixed-rate loans and variable-rate lines of credit; commercial and multifamily real estate loans; construction loans secured by single-family residences, and commercial and multifamily real estate; land loans; secured and unsecured consumer loans, including new and used manufactured home loans, floating home loans, automobile loans, boat loans, and recreational vehicle loans, and loans secured by deposit accounts; and commercial business loans to finance commercial vehicles and equipment, as well as loans secured by accounts receivable and/or inventory. It operates eight branches offices, including five branches in Seattle Metropolitan Statistical Area, two branches in Clallam County, and one branch in Jefferson County; and two loan production offices in the Madison Park neighborhood of Seattle and Sequim. Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Sound Financial Bancorp is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 15.329% of Sound Financial Bancorp shares are held by insiders and 43.026% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Sound Financial Bancorp?

  Sound Financial Bancorp's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Sound Financial Bancorp based?

  Sound Financial Bancorp's address is: 2400 3rd Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States, 98121

• What is Sound Financial Bancorp's ISIN number?

  Sound Financial Bancorp's international securities identification number is: US83607A1007

• What is Sound Financial Bancorp's CUSIP number?

  Sound Financial Bancorp's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 83607A100