Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.13 (NASDAQ:HFBL)

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 17th, investing.com reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 29th will be paid a dividend of 0.125 per share by the bank on Monday, May 13th. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 26th.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has increased its dividend by an average of 14.7% per year over the last three years and has raised its dividend annually for the last 10 consecutive years.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana Trading Up 0.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ:HFBL opened at $12.10 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $37.98 million, a P/E ratio of 8.28 and a beta of 0.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.87. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a 1 year low of $11.54 and a 1 year high of $21.80. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $12.62 and its 200-day moving average price is $13.18.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 25th. The bank reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $5.04 million for the quarter. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana had a return on equity of 8.92% and a net margin of 13.98%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana news, Director Timothy W. Wilhite sold 10,000 shares of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $12.20, for a total value of $122,000.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 37,896 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $462,331.20. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 24.80% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Alliancebernstein L.P. increased its position in shares of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana by 68.6% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 104,473 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $1,467,000 after purchasing an additional 42,516 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP bought a new position in shares of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $202,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana by 13.1% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 11,578 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $163,000 after purchasing an additional 1,344 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 21.12% of the company’s stock.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana Company Profile

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc of Louisiana operates as the holding company for Home Federal Bank that provides various financial services to individuals, corporate entities, and other organizations. The company accepts various deposits, such as passbook savings, certificates of deposit, and demand deposit accounts.