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Sterling Bancorp is a banks-regional business based in the US. Sterling Bancorp shares (STL) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Sterling Bancorp employs 1,466 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$770 million.
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Latest market close | USD$17.2 |
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52-week range | USD$6.88 - USD$21.1714 |
50-day moving average | USD$14.6451 |
200-day moving average | USD$12.3988 |
Wall St. target price | USD$16.75 |
PE ratio | 13.5308 |
Dividend yield | USD$0.28 (1.67%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$1.266 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $17.2 from 2020-12-09
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Valuing Sterling Bancorp stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Sterling Bancorp's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Sterling 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 14x. In other words, Sterling Bancorp shares trade at around 14x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Sterling Bancorp's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.57. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Sterling Bancorp's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Revenue TTM | USD$770 million |
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Operating margin TTM | 45.37% |
Gross profit TTM | USD$992 million |
Return on assets TTM | 0.84% |
Return on equity TTM | 5.64% |
Profit margin | 33.25% |
Book value | $22.734 |
Market capitalisation | USD$3.3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 7.8 million Sterling Bancorp shares held short by investors – that's known as Sterling Bancorp's "short interest". This figure is 2.2% up from 7.6 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Sterling Bancorp shares can be evaluated.
Sterling Bancorp's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Sterling Bancorp shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Sterling Bancorp shares traded daily (recently around 3.5 million). Sterling Bancorp's SIR currently stands at 2.24. In other words for every 100,000 Sterling Bancorp shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2240 shares are currently held short.
However Sterling Bancorp's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Sterling Bancorp shares, or, against the total number of tradable Sterling Bancorp shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Sterling Bancorp's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Sterling Bancorp shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0403% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Sterling Bancorp shares, roughly 40 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 Sterling Bancorp.
Find out more about how you can short Sterling Bancorp stock.
Dividend payout ratio: 22.22% of net profits
Recently Sterling Bancorp has paid out, on average, around 22.22% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.67% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Sterling Bancorp shareholders could enjoy a 1.67% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Sterling Bancorp's case, that would currently equate to about $0.28 per share.
While Sterling Bancorp's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Sterling Bancorp is investing more in its future growth.
Sterling Bancorp's most recent dividend payout was on 16 November 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 October 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Sterling Bancorp's shares were split on a 4432:1000 basis on 15 January 2004. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 4432 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Sterling Bancorp shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 77.4% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Sterling Bancorp shares which in turn could have impacted Sterling Bancorp's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Sterling Bancorp's shares have ranged in value from as little as $6.88 up to $21.1714. 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 (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Sterling Bancorp's is 1.6724. This would suggest that Sterling Bancorp's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Sterling Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Sterling National Bank that provides various banking products and services to commercial, consumer, and municipal clients in the United States. The company accepts deposit products, including checking, savings, money market, time, and interest and non-interest bearing demand deposits, as well as certificates of deposit and mortgage escrow funds. It also originates various loans that comprise residential and commercial mortgage loans; commercial and industrial, asset-based, payroll finance, warehouse, factored receivables, equipment finance, public sector finance, and commercial real estate and multi-family loans; consumer loans, such as homeowner loans, home equity lines of credit, new and used automobile loans, mortgage loans, and personal unsecured loans; and acquisition, development, and construction loans. In addition, the company engages in the third-party provider to sell mutual funds and annuities; and provision of annuity and wealth management products. As of December 31, 2019, it operated 82 full-service retail and commercial financial centers, which comprise 21 offices are located in Nassau County, 16 in Suffolk County, 11 in Queens County, seven in Westchester County, nine in Kings County, seven in Rockland County, five in Orange County, New York City, and two in Bronx County, as well as one office each in Sullivan and Ulster Counties in New York; and one office in Bergen County, New Jersey. Sterling Bancorp was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Montebello, New York.
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