First Business Financial Services (FBIZ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Business Financial Services in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" FBIZ shares.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for First Business Financial Services' shares. Their FBIZ share price targets range from $31.00 to $46.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $40.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.0% from the stock's current price.
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First Business Financial Services' stock was trading at $40.10 at the start of the year. Since then, FBIZ shares have decreased by 16.9% and is now trading at $33.33.
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First Business Financial Services saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 36,700 shares, a decrease of 15.2% from the March 15th total of 43,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 13,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 0.5% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:FBIZ) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 25th. The financial services provider reported $1.15 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $36.63 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $37.60 million. First Business Financial Services had a net margin of 16.37% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.95%.

First Business Financial Services announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 8th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, February 21st. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 7th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22.
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First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.04%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 22.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FBIZ will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.12% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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First Business Financial Services shares split before market open on Monday, August 31st 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, August 7th 2015. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, August 28th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

14 employees have rated First Business Financial Services Chief Executive Officer Corey A. Chambas on Glassdoor.com. Corey A. Chambas has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Corey A. Chambas in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 89.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at First Business Financial Services to a friend.

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