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How to buy Premier Financial stock (FDEF)

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Premier Financial is a savings & loans business based in the US. Premier Financial shares (FDEF) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Premier Financial employs 699 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $139.1 million.

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Premier Financial stock price (NASDAQ: FDEF)

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Premier Financial shares at a glance

Information last updated 2021-01-29.
52-week range$0.00 - $0.00
50-day moving average $24.18
200-day moving average $19.87
Wall St. target price$21.75
PE ratio 26.8444
Dividend yield $0.88 (4.71%)
Earnings per share (TTM) $0.68

Is it a good time to buy Premier Financial stock?

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Is Premier Financial stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Premier Financial stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Premier Financial's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Premier Financial's P/E ratio

Premier Financial's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 27x. In other words, Premier Financial shares trade at around 27x recent earnings.

That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).

Premier Financial's PEG ratio

Premier Financial's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.96. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Premier Financial's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Premier Financial financials

Revenue TTM $139.1 million
Operating margin TTM 27.09%
Gross profit TTM $157.9 million
Return on assets TTM 0.32%
Return on equity TTM 0%
Profit margin 11.08%
Book value $24.59
Market Capitalization $675.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Premier Financial share dividends

We're not expecting Premier Financial to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Premier Financial's shares ever split?

Premier Financial's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 12 July 2018. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Premier Financial shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Premier Financial shares which in turn could have impacted Premier Financial's share price.

Premier Financial share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Premier Financial's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0 up to $0. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

FDEF.US volatility(beta: 1.45)Avg. volatility(beta: 1.00)LowHigh

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Premier Financial's is 1.4465. This would suggest that Premier Financial's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Premier Financial overview

Premier Financial Corp. operates as the holding company for Premier Bank and First Insurance Group that provides community banking and financial services. It offers checking accounts, savings accounts, and retirement accounts; mortgages, home equity loans, and auto and vehicle loans; debit cards; trustee services; and various insurance products, such as auto/vehicle, health, homeowners, and life insurance, as well as property, liability, business vehicle, cybersecurity, risk management, and employee group plans. The company also provides commercial real estate loans, equipment loans, working capital lines of credit, agricultural loans, construction loans, SBA/USDA loans, and letters of credit; remote deposit, cash management, merchant, government banking, lockbox, ACH and check positive pay, and wire transfer services; investment products; and Internet and mobile banking services. It operates through 78 branches, 12 loan offices, and 2 wealth offices in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Pennsylvania; and insurance agency with ten offices in Ohio. The company was formerly known as First Defiance Financial Corp. and changed its name to Premier Financial Corp.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Premier Financial is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 1.403% of Premier Financial shares are held by insiders and 29.812% by institutions.
How many people work for Premier Financial?
Latest data suggests 699 work at Premier Financial.
When does the fiscal year end for Premier Financial?
Premier Financial's fiscal year ends in December.
Where is Premier Financial based?
Premier Financial's address is: 601 Clinton Street, Defiance, OH, United States, 43512
What is Premier Financial's ISIN number?
Premier Financial's international securities identification number is: US74052F1084
What is Premier Financial's CUSIP number?
Premier Financial's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 32006W106

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