Citizens (NASDAQ:CIZN) Earns Sell Rating from Analysts at StockNews.com

by · The Cerbat Gem

StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Citizens (NASDAQ:CIZN – Free Report) in a report released on Monday morning. The brokerage issued a sell rating on the bank’s stock.

Citizens Stock Performance

Shares of CIZN stock opened at $8.75 on Monday. Citizens has a 52-week low of $6.64 and a 52-week high of $10.50. The stock has a market cap of $49.35 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.34 and a beta of -0.02. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $8.85 and its 200-day moving average is $8.48.

Citizens (NASDAQ:CIZN – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 25th. The bank reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Citizens had a return on equity of 7.54% and a net margin of 4.44%. The firm had revenue of $10.08 million for the quarter.

Citizens Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be issued a $0.16 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.31%. Citizens’s dividend payout ratio is currently 104.92%.

About Citizens

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Citizens Holding Company operates as the bank holding company for The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia that provides various commercial and personal banking products and services. It offers demand deposits; and savings and time deposit accounts. The company also provides secured and unsecured loans; mortgage loans; single and multi-family housing, farm, residential and commercial construction, and commercial real estate loans; commercial, industrial, and agricultural production loans; and consumer loans, as well as issues letters of credit.

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