ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for ChoiceOne Bank that provides banking services to corporations, partnerships, and individuals in Michigan. The company offers various deposit products, including time, savings, and demand deposits, safe deposit, and automated transaction machine services. It also provides commercial lending products, such as business, industry, agricultural, construction, inventory, and real estate loans; and consumer loans comprising direct and indirect loans to consumers and purchasers of residential and real properties. In addition, the company offers alternative investment products, which include annuities and mutual funds; and sells insurance policies, such as life and health for commercial and consumer clients. Further, it provides trust and wealth management services. ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Sparta, Michigan.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $36.71 to $37.21
• 50-Day Range: $29.14 to $37.48
• 52-Week Range: $21.52 to $37.94
• Volume: 18,274 shs
• Average Volume: 20,812 shs
• Market Capitalization: $332.42 million
• P/E Ratio: 11.70
• Dividend Yield: 2.91%
• Price Target: $37.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

ChoiceOne Financial Services Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

ChoiceOne Financial Services scored higher than 61% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 516th out of 939 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

ChoiceOne Financial Services has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

ChoiceOne Financial Services has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.50%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for ChoiceOne Financial Services are expected to grow by 15.50% in the coming year, from $3.29 to $3.80 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of ChoiceOne Financial Services is 11.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 124.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of ChoiceOne Financial Services is 11.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 48.81.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

ChoiceOne Financial Services has a P/B Ratio of 1.43. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.23% of the outstanding shares of ChoiceOne Financial Services have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ChoiceOne Financial Services has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.5.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ChoiceOne Financial Services has recently increased by 8.68%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

ChoiceOne Financial Services pays a meaningful dividend of 2.90%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

ChoiceOne Financial Services has been increasing its dividend for 12 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of ChoiceOne Financial Services is 34.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, ChoiceOne Financial Services will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.42% next year. This indicates that ChoiceOne Financial Services will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.23% of the outstanding shares of ChoiceOne Financial Services have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ChoiceOne Financial Services has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.5.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ChoiceOne Financial Services has recently increased by 8.68%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

ChoiceOne Financial Services has a news sentiment score of 1.87. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.84 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for ChoiceOne Financial Services this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, ChoiceOne Financial Services insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 7.92% of the stock of ChoiceOne Financial Services is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 19.90% of the stock of ChoiceOne Financial Services is held by institutions.

COFS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have COFS shares performed this year?

ChoiceOne Financial Services' stock was trading at $29.30 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, COFS shares have increased by 26.6% and is now trading at $37.10.
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Who are ChoiceOne Financial Services' major shareholders?

ChoiceOne Financial Services' top institutional shareholders include Fourthstone LLC (3.96%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (2.49%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.09%) and Zacks Investment Management (1.31%). Insiders that own company stock include Greg L Armock, Michelle M Wendling, Kelly Potes and Michael J Burke Jr.
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How do I buy shares of ChoiceOne Financial Services?

Shares of COFS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of ChoiceOne Financial Services own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that ChoiceOne Financial Services investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Netflix (NFLX), Broadcom (AVGO), Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/13/2024
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2024
• Today: 12/04/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 1/22/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: State commercial banks
• Sub-Industry: Banking
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:COFS
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 803164
• Web: www.choiceone.com
• Phone: (616) 887-7366
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 380
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $37.00
• High Stock Price Target: $37.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $37.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -0.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $3.17
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.70
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.28
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $21.26 million
• Net Margins: 18.41%
• Pretax Margin: 22.76%
• Return on Equity: 11.79%
• Return on Assets: 0.96%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.99
• Current Ratio: 0.74
• Quick Ratio: 0.74

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $113.89 million
• Price / Sales: 2.92
• Cash Flow: $4.45 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.34
• Book Value: $25.93 per share
• Price / Book: 1.43

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 8,960,000
• Free Float: 8,249,000
• Market Cap: $332.42 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.71