$0.19 EPS Expected for BankFinancial Corporation (BFIN)

October 24, 2017 – By Linda Rogers

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.04 in 2017 Q2. Its down 0.11, from 1.15 in 2017Q1. It dived, as 3 investors sold BankFinancial Corporation shares while 24 reduced holdings. 7 funds opened positions while 21 raised stakes. 11.25 million shares or 0.60% more from 11.18 million shares in 2017Q1 were reported.
Pacific Alternative Asset Mgmt Limited Liability holds 142,026 shares. Renaissance Tech Limited Co invested in 617,800 shares or 0.01% of the stock. Meeder Asset reported 278 shares. Clover Prns Limited Partnership invested in 998,286 shares or 5.08% of the stock. Thrivent For Lutherans, Minnesota-based fund reported 118,832 shares. The Pennsylvania-based Nationwide Fund has invested 0% in BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN). Citigroup Incorporated has 0% invested in BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN). Loomis Sayles Co L P holds 0% or 66 shares in its portfolio. Tiaa Cref Invest Limited Com has invested 0% in BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN). The New York-based Metropolitan Life Insurance has invested 0% in BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN). Comml Bank Of Mellon reported 107,123 shares. Millennium Ltd Llc invested 0% of its portfolio in BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN). 700 are held by Mufg Americas Holdings. Ameriprise Financial reported 28,905 shares. Blackrock reported 0% stake.

Since May 1, 2017, it had 0 insider buys, and 7 selling transactions for $1.01 million activity. On Wednesday, May 3 the insider Cloutier Paul A sold $335,521. Brennan James J sold $138,585 worth of BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN) on Friday, June 2. Smith Patricia also sold $114,535 worth of BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN) on Monday, May 1.

Wall Street await BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN) to release earnings on October, 25. Analysts forecast earnings per share of $0.19, up exactly $0.06 or 46.15 % from 2014’s $0.13 EPS. The expected BFIN’s profit could reach $3.45M giving the stock 21.62 P/E in the case that $0.19 earnings per share is reported. After posting $0.14 EPS for the previous quarter, BankFinancial Corporation’s analysts now forecast 35.71 % EPS growth. The stock increased 0.86% or $0.14 during the last trading session, reaching $16.43. About shares traded. BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN) has risen 16.35% since October 24, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 0.35% the S&P500.

BankFinancial Corporation is the bank holding firm for BankFinancial, National Association . The company has market cap of $298.66 million. The Bank is a full-service, community-oriented national bank principally engaged in the business of commercial, family and personal banking. It has a 33.22 P/E ratio. The Bank offers its clients a range of loan, deposit and other financial services and products through its full-service Illinois banking offices located in Cook, DuPage, Lake and Will Counties, and through its Internet branch, www.bankfinancial.com.

More recent BankFinancial Corporation (NASDAQ:BFIN) news were published by: Globenewswire.com which released: “State Bank Financial Corporation Completes Merger Transaction with AloStar …” on October 02, 2017. Also Globenewswire.com published the news titled: “State Bank Financial Corporation Announces Release Date and Conference Call …” on October 06, 2017. Globenewswire.com‘s news article titled: “Capital Bank Financial Corp. Reports Third Quarter GAAP EPS of $0.48 and Core …” with publication date: October 19, 2017 was also an interesting one.