20,347 Shares in Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFFN) Purchased by Choreo LLC

Choreo LLC purchased a new position in shares of Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFFN) during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 20,347 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock, valued at approximately $111,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of CFFN. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in Capitol Federal Financial by 14.8% during the fourth quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 44,995 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock worth $290,000 after acquiring an additional 5,789 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in Capitol Federal Financial by 8.4% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,943,860 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock worth $12,538,000 after acquiring an additional 150,482 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its position in Capitol Federal Financial by 71.2% during the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 57,973 shares of the savings and loans company’s stock worth $374,000 after acquiring an additional 24,104 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC acquired a new position in Capitol Federal Financial during the fourth quarter worth about $86,000. Finally, Olympiad Research LP acquired a new position in Capitol Federal Financial during the fourth quarter worth about $109,000. 88.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on CFFN shares. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their price target on shares of Capitol Federal Financial from $6.00 to $6.50 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 25th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on shares of Capitol Federal Financial from $5.50 to $7.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 25th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Capitol Federal Financial from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 17th.

Capitol Federal Financial Stock Performance

NASDAQ:CFFN opened at $5.93 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.25, a current ratio of 1.34 and a quick ratio of 1.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $793.04 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.31 and a beta of 0.49. The company’s 50-day moving average is $5.96 and its two-hundred day moving average is $5.57. Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. has a 1-year low of $4.22 and a 1-year high of $6.82.

Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 24th. The savings and loans company reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.11 by ($0.04). Capitol Federal Financial had a positive return on equity of 4.02% and a negative net margin of 33.33%. The company had revenue of $99.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $47.23 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.06 earnings per share. Analysts forecast that Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. will post 0.35 EPS for the current year.

Capitol Federal Financial Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 2nd were issued a $0.085 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 1st. This represents a $0.34 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.73%. Capitol Federal Financial’s dividend payout ratio is currently -36.17%.

About Capitol Federal Financial

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc operates as the holding company for Capitol Federal Savings Bank that provides various retail banking products and services in the United States. The company accepts a range of deposit products, including savings accounts, money market accounts, interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing checking accounts, and certificates of deposit.