Financial Insights Inc. Sells 200 Shares of Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFBC)

Financial Insights Inc. cut its stake in Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFBC) by 1.1% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 17,697 shares of the bank’s stock after selling 200 shares during the period. Financial Insights Inc. owned about 0.69% of Sound Financial Bancorp worth $947,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Empowered Funds LLC grew its holdings in shares of Sound Financial Bancorp by 7.4% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 12,660 shares of the bank’s stock worth $509,000 after purchasing an additional 875 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of Sound Financial Bancorp by 7.2% in the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 16,811 shares of the bank’s stock worth $739,000 after purchasing an additional 1,122 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stilwell Value LLC lifted its stake in Sound Financial Bancorp by 0.5% in the first quarter. Stilwell Value LLC now owns 410,019 shares of the bank’s stock worth $16,684,000 after acquiring an additional 2,041 shares during the period. 68.85% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Robert F. Carney sold 925 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $45.00, for a total value of $41,625.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 6,934 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $312,030. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 12.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Sound Financial Bancorp Stock Up 0.3 %

NASDAQ:SFBC opened at $54.26 on Wednesday. Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. has a 1-year low of $33.72 and a 1-year high of $55.99. The company has a 50-day moving average of $52.76 and a 200 day moving average of $45.32. The firm has a market cap of $138.74 million, a PE ratio of 23.29 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 1.12.

Sound Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:SFBC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 29th. The bank reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter. Sound Financial Bancorp had a net margin of 6.78% and a return on equity of 3.91%. The company had revenue of $8.61 million during the quarter.

Sound Financial Bancorp Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, August 9th were paid a $0.19 dividend. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 9th. Sound Financial Bancorp’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 32.62%.

Sound Financial Bancorp Profile

Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc operates as the bank holding company for Sound Community Bank that provides banking and other financial services for consumers and businesses. It accepts various deposits products comprising savings, money market deposit, NOW, and demand accounts, as well as certificates of deposit.