Emprise Bank Acquires New Holdings in Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFFN)

Emprise Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFFN) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 57,000 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock, valued at approximately $337,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of CFFN. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in Capitol Federal Financial by 20.7% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 11,648 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock valued at $68,000 after acquiring an additional 1,995 shares in the last quarter. Diversified Trust Co grew its stake in Capitol Federal Financial by 10.0% during the 3rd quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 26,573 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock valued at $155,000 after acquiring an additional 2,425 shares in the last quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. grew its stake in Capitol Federal Financial by 9.0% during the 3rd quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 33,215 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock valued at $194,000 after acquiring an additional 2,731 shares in the last quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd grew its stake in shares of Capitol Federal Financial by 12.6% in the 2nd quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd now owns 27,172 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock valued at $149,000 after buying an additional 3,050 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KBC Group NV increased its holdings in Capitol Federal Financial by 59.8% in the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 9,256 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock worth $54,000 after buying an additional 3,463 shares during the last quarter. 88.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Capitol Federal Financial Stock Performance

Shares of CFFN traded down $0.03 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $5.55. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 199,615 shares, compared to its average volume of 639,633. Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. has a one year low of $4.76 and a one year high of $7.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.11, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $736.90 million, a PE ratio of 19.14 and a beta of 0.51. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $6.43 and its two-hundred day moving average is $6.10.

Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.07 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $101.65 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $45.40 million. Capitol Federal Financial had a return on equity of 4.69% and a net margin of 9.95%. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.04 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. will post 0.45 EPS for the current year.

Capitol Federal Financial Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a dividend of $0.085 per share. This represents a $0.34 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.13%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st. Capitol Federal Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 117.24%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Piper Sandler increased their price objective on Capitol Federal Financial from $6.50 to $7.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director James G. Morris purchased 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were purchased at an average price of $6.84 per share, with a total value of $102,600.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 85,995 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $588,205.80. This trade represents a 21.13 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 3.20% of the company’s stock.

About Capitol Federal Financial

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc operates as the holding company for Capitol Federal Savings Bank that provides various retail banking products and services in the United States. The company accepts a range of deposit products, including savings accounts, money market accounts, interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing checking accounts, and certificates of deposit.