Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY) Reaches New 12-Month High at $138.49

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Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high on Thursday . The company traded as high as $138.49 and last traded at $138.33, with a volume of 1695 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $136.32.

A number of brokerages have weighed in on SBNY. BidaskClub upgraded Signature Bank from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 13th. Stephens increased their target price on Signature Bank from $140.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. ValuEngine upgraded Signature Bank from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, November 25th. Wells Fargo & Co decreased their target price on Signature Bank from $150.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Signature Bank from $143.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Signature Bank presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $138.89.

The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $132.96 and a 200 day moving average price of $124.21. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05. The company has a market cap of $7.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.22, a PEG ratio of 1.14 and a beta of 1.38.

Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 17th. The bank reported $2.75 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.70 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $334.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $339.14 million. Signature Bank had a return on equity of 13.09% and a net margin of 31.37%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.84 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Signature Bank will post 10.82 earnings per share for the current year.

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. BlackRock Inc. boosted its holdings in Signature Bank by 0.4% in the second quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 5,312,628 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $641,980,000 after acquiring an additional 20,404 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Signature Bank by 2.1% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,871,753 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $588,702,000 after acquiring an additional 100,830 shares during the last quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC boosted its holdings in Signature Bank by 1.9% in the third quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC now owns 735,323 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $87,665,000 after acquiring an additional 13,758 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in Signature Bank by 17.4% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 516,338 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $62,393,000 after acquiring an additional 76,350 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp boosted its holdings in Signature Bank by 7.5% in the second quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 502,749 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $60,752,000 after acquiring an additional 35,073 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.91% of the company’s stock.

About Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY)

Signature Bank provides various business and personal banking products and services. It accepts various deposit products, including commercial checking accounts, money market accounts, escrow deposit accounts, cash concentration accounts, interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing checking accounts, certificates of deposit, time deposits, and other cash management products.

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