Short Interest in John Marshall Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:JMSB) Grows By 120.6%

John Marshall Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:JMSB) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 110,300 shares, a growth of 120.6% from the February 13th total of 50,000 shares. Currently, 0.9% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 18,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.1 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On John Marshall Bancorp

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new stake in John Marshall Bancorp in the fourth quarter valued at about $105,000. Lido Advisors LLC bought a new stake in John Marshall Bancorp in the fourth quarter valued at about $251,000. Deutsche Bank AG bought a new stake in John Marshall Bancorp in the fourth quarter valued at about $261,000. Citadel Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of John Marshall Bancorp by 12.7% in the fourth quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 16,423 shares of the company’s stock worth $330,000 after acquiring an additional 1,851 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC increased its holdings in shares of John Marshall Bancorp by 272.5% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 16,436 shares of the company’s stock worth $325,000 after acquiring an additional 12,024 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 39.09% of the company’s stock.

John Marshall Bancorp Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of JMSB opened at $17.21 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. John Marshall Bancorp has a 12-month low of $15.00 and a 12-month high of $26.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $245.07 million, a PE ratio of 14.34 and a beta of 0.64. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $18.84 and its 200-day simple moving average is $20.30.

John Marshall Bancorp (NASDAQ:JMSB) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. John Marshall Bancorp had a return on equity of 7.20% and a net margin of 15.23%.

About John Marshall Bancorp

John Marshall Bancorp, Inc operates as the bank holding company for John Marshall Bank that provides banking products and financial services. The company accepts checking, demand, NOW, savings, and money market accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. It offers residential and commercial construction and development loans, commercial term, mortgage, commercial real estate, industrial loans, and other commercial lines of credit; debit and credit cards; and treasury and cash management, investment, business and personal insurance, remote deposit capture, deposit sweep and online and mobile banking services.