Citizens (NASDAQ:CIZN) Now Covered by Analysts at StockNews.com

StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Citizens (NASDAQ:CIZN) in a report issued on Monday. The firm issued a sell rating on the bank’s stock.

Citizens Trading Up 7.1 %

Shares of Citizens stock opened at $10.60 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $9.19 and a 200 day simple moving average of $8.90. Citizens has a 12-month low of $7.53 and a 12-month high of $11.00. The company has a market capitalization of $59.78 million, a P/E ratio of 17.38 and a beta of -0.03.

Citizens (NASDAQ:CIZN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 25th. The bank reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $10.08 million during the quarter. Citizens had a return on equity of 7.23% and a net margin of 4.44%.

Citizens Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 16th were paid a $0.16 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.04%. Citizens’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 104.92%.

About Citizens

Citizens Holding Company operates as the bank holding company for The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia that provides various commercial and personal banking products and services. It offers demand deposits; and savings and time deposit accounts. The company also provides secured and unsecured loans; mortgage loans; single and multi-family housing, farm, residential and commercial construction, and commercial real estate loans; commercial, industrial, and agricultural production loans; and consumer loans, as well as issues letters of credit.