ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. ( SFBS ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 31, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.15 per share is scheduled to be paid on January 11, 2019. Shareholders who purchased SFBS prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 36.36% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $31.42, the dividend yield is 1.91%.
The previous trading day's last sale of SFBS was $31.42, representing a -30.1% decrease from the 52 week high of $44.95 and a 5.08% increase over the 52 week low of $29.90.
SFBS is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as J P Morgan Chase & Co ( JPM ) and Bank of America Corporation ( BAC ). SFBS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.25. Zacks Investment Research reports SFBS's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 42.13%, compared to an industry average of 23.8%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the SFBS Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
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