FFD Financial Co. (OTCMKTS:FFDF) Short Interest Up 100.0% in February

FFD Financial Co. (OTCMKTS:FFDF) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 200 shares, an increase of 100.0% from the February 13th total of 100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.

FFD Financial Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of FFD Financial stock opened at $34.00 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $34.39 and a 200-day moving average of $32.10. The stock has a market cap of $99.72 million, a PE ratio of 8.61 and a beta of 0.48. FFD Financial has a 52-week low of $26.30 and a 52-week high of $36.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 0.98.

FFD Financial (OTCMKTS:FFDF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 24th. The bank reported $1.08 earnings per share for the quarter. FFD Financial had a net margin of 25.61% and a return on equity of 17.19%.

FFD Financial Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a dividend of $0.305 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $1.22 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.59%. FFD Financial’s dividend payout ratio is 30.89%.

FFD Financial Company Profile

FFD Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for First Federal Community Bank, National Association that provides various banking products and services. The company accepts checking and savings accounts. Its loan products include auto, boat, personal, term, commercial real estate, equipment, and home mortgage loans; and home equity and business lines of credit.