Timberland Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSBK) Plans $0.25 Quarterly Dividend

Timberland Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSBK - Get Free Report) announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 27th,Wall Street Journal reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of 0.25 per share by the savings and loans company on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.34%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th.

Timberland Bancorp has increased its dividend by an average of 4.9% per year over the last three years and has raised its dividend annually for the last 12 consecutive years.

Timberland Bancorp Stock Performance

TSBK stock traded down $0.20 during trading on Friday, hitting $29.96. 4,544 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,311. Timberland Bancorp has a 1 year low of $23.93 and a 1 year high of $33.98. The company has a market cap of $238.74 million, a PE ratio of 9.69 and a beta of 0.68. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $31.07 and its 200 day simple moving average is $30.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 0.97 and a quick ratio of 0.97.

Timberland Bancorp (NASDAQ:TSBK - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The savings and loans company reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter. Timberland Bancorp had a net margin of 22.88% and a return on equity of 10.28%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, COO Jonathan Arthur Fischer sold 2,044 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.09, for a total value of $67,635.96. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 4,550 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $150,559.50. This trade represents a 31.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders have sold a total of 4,111 shares of company stock valued at $135,819 in the last 90 days. 3.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Timberland Bancorp Company Profile

Timberland Bancorp, Inc operates as the bank holding company for Timberland Bank that provides various community banking services in Washington. It offers various deposit products, including money market deposit, checking, and regular savings accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company also provides one-to four-family residential, multi-family, and commercial real estate loans; and construction lending products, such as custom and owner/builder, speculative one- to four-family, commercial, multi-family, land development, and land development.