Land This Deal Even Lower Than Director Hall Did

There's an old saying on Wall Street about insider buying: there are many possible reasons to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy. Back on August 24, Community Financial System Inc's Director, Brenda M. Hall, invested $30,271.03 into 476 shares of CBU, for a cost per share of $63.59. Bargain hunters tend to pay particular attention to insider buys like this one, because presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in the open market, is that they expect to make money. In trading on Monday, bargain hunters could buy shares of Community Financial System Inc (Symbol: CBU) and achieve a cost basis 1.1% cheaper than Hall, with shares changing hands as low as $62.91 per share. Community Financial System Inc shares are currently trading up about 0.1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of CBU shares, versus its 200 day moving average:

Looking at the chart above, CBU's low point in its 52 week range is $53.46 per share, with $71.11 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $62.79. By comparison, below is a table showing the prices at which CBU insider buying was recorded over the last six months:

The current annualized dividend paid by Community Financial System Inc is $1.96/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend has an upcoming ex-date of 09/15/2026. Below is a long-term dividend history chart for CBU, which can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend with approx. 3.1% annualized yield is likely to continue.

According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, CBU makes up 1.92% of the Hilton Small-MidCap Opportunity ETF (Symbol: SMCO) which is trading lower by about 0.9% on the day Monday. (see other ETFs holding CBU).

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