Greene County Bancorp, Inc. (GCBC) To Go Ex-Dividend on February 14th

Greene County Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GCBC) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 22nd,RTT News reports. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of 0.09 per share by the real estate investment trust on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th.

Greene County Bancorp has raised its dividend by an average of 10.8% per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend annually for the last 11 consecutive years.

Greene County Bancorp Trading Down 3.0 %

NASDAQ:GCBC opened at $26.05 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $443.63 million, a PE ratio of 16.81 and a beta of 0.46. Greene County Bancorp has a 52-week low of $24.10 and a 52-week high of $37.25. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $29.13 and a 200-day simple moving average of $30.64. The company has a quick ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 0.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14.

Greene County Bancorp (NASDAQ:GCBC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 22nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Greene County Bancorp had a net margin of 21.02% and a return on equity of 12.72%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.34 EPS.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Greene County Bancorp news, Director Tejraj S. Hada acquired 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The stock was acquired at an average price of $28.00 per share, with a total value of $56,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 8,651 shares in the company, valued at approximately $242,228. This trade represents a 30.07 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 5.10% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, StockNews.com upgraded Greene County Bancorp from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday.

Greene County Bancorp Company Profile

Greene County Bancorp, Inc operates as a holding company for The Bank of Greene County that provides various financial services in the United States. The company's deposit products include savings, NOW accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, non-interest bearing checking accounts, and individual retirement accounts.