S&T Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:STBA) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.33

S&T Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:STBA) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 24th, Zacks reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 9th will be paid a dividend of 0.33 per share by the financial services provider on Thursday, May 23rd. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 8th.

S&T Bancorp has increased its dividend payment by an average of 4.8% annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 3 years. S&T Bancorp has a dividend payout ratio of 44.6% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities research analysts expect S&T Bancorp to earn $2.96 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.32 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 44.6%.

S&T Bancorp Trading Down 0.9 %

NASDAQ STBA opened at $31.00 on Friday. S&T Bancorp has a 12 month low of $24.51 and a 12 month high of $36.28. The company has a current ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $30.92 and its 200-day moving average price is $30.53. The stock has a market cap of $1.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.78 and a beta of 0.77.

S&T Bancorp (NASDAQ:STBA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $103.17 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $100.10 million. S&T Bancorp had a return on equity of 10.86% and a net margin of 24.68%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that S&T Bancorp will post 3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, StockNews.com downgraded shares of S&T Bancorp from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 2nd.

About S&T Bancorp

S&T Bancorp, Inc operates as the bank holding company for S&T Bank that engages in the provision of retail and commercial banking products and services. The company operates through six segments: Commercial Real Estate, Commercial and Industrial, Commercial Construction, Business Banking, Consumer Real Estate, and Other Consumer.