Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL) Short Interest Up 55.6% in September

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,800 shares, an increase of 55.6% from the August 31st total of 1,800 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 1,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana Stock Performance

HFBL opened at $12.60 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $39.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.26 and a beta of 0.51. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $12.67 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $11.99. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a 1 year low of $10.60 and a 1 year high of $15.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.88.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July 26th. The bank reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of $4.87 million during the quarter. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana had a return on equity of 6.93% and a net margin of 10.74%.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, August 19th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 5th were issued a $0.13 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 5th. This is an increase from Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.13%. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 38.24%.

About Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana

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.