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The price of First Interstate BancSystem Inc. (NASDAQ: FIBK) closed at $26.95 in the last session, up 1.43% from day before closing price of $26.57. In other words, the price has increased by $1.43 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.3 million shares were traded. FIBK stock price reached its highest trading level at $27.05 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $26.215.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at FIBK’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.14 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.90.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Barclays on March 08, 2024, initiated with a Equal Weight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $28.
On October 04, 2023, Wells Fargo Downgraded its rating to Equal Weight which previously was Overweight but kept the price unchanged to $25.
On March 15, 2023, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $33.UBS initiated its Neutral rating on March 15, 2023, with a $33 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 07 ’24 when KNIERIEM KARLYN M sold 2,900 shares for $26.76 per share. The transaction valued at 77,604 led to the insider holds 20,599 shares of the business.
Asker Lorrie F sold 1,921 shares of FIBK for $50,042 on Mar 06 ’24. The Chief Banking Officer now owns 6,909 shares after completing the transaction at $26.05 per share. On Feb 07 ’24, another insider, Robbins Kristina, who serves as the EVP, Chief Operations Officer of the company, sold 2,710 shares for $25.83 each. As a result, the insider received 69,999 and left with 9,047 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, FIBK now has a Market Capitalization of 2783018752 and an Enterprise Value of 5806745600. As of this moment, First’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.76, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.47. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.34. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.10 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.88. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.863.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, FIBK has reached a high of $32.54, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $20.81. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.59%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.87%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, FIBK traded on average about 902.80K shares per day over the past 3-months and 663830 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 103.94M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 89.64M. Insiders hold about 13.76% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 80.09% stake in the company. Shares short for FIBK as of 1713139200 were 2880945 with a Short Ratio of 3.19, compared to 1710460800 on 2310969. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2880945 and a Short% of Float of 3.6700000000000004.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for FIBK is 1.88, which was 1.41 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.053067368The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.5.
