Camden National Co. (NASDAQ:CAC) Announces $0.42 Quarterly Dividend

Camden National Co. (NASDAQ:CAC) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 25th, Zacks reports. Investors of record on Monday, July 15th will be paid a dividend of 0.42 per share by the financial services provider on Wednesday, July 31st. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.33%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 15th.

Camden National has raised its dividend by an average of 8.4% per year over the last three years. Camden National has a dividend payout ratio of 50.0% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities analysts expect Camden National to earn $3.41 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.68 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 49.3%.

Camden National Stock Down 0.1 %

NASDAQ CAC traded down $0.03 during trading on Thursday, hitting $31.54. 6,127 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 40,295. Camden National has a 12 month low of $26.52 and a 12 month high of $39.70. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $31.82 and a 200 day simple moving average of $33.30. The company has a current ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. The company has a market capitalization of $460.80 million, a P/E ratio of 10.54 and a beta of 0.75.

Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 30th. The financial services provider reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.14. Camden National had a return on equity of 10.66% and a net margin of 16.56%. The company had revenue of $41.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $41.72 million. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Camden National will post 3.13 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com upgraded Camden National from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, June 1st.

Camden National Company Profile

Camden National Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Camden National Bank that provides various commercial and consumer banking products and services for consumer, institutional, municipal, non-profit, and commercial customers in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. The company accepts checking, savings, time, and brokered deposits, as well as deposits with the certificate of deposit account registry system.