Is Now The Right Time To Buy New York Community Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: NYCB) Stock?

New York Community Bancorp Inc. (NYSE:NYCB) traded at $3.29 at close of the session on Monday, April 08, made an upward move of 5.45% on its previous day’s price.

Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $3.12 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 0.91 . In terms of its 52-week price range, NYCB has a high of $14.22 and a low of $1.70. The company’s stock has lost about -10.11% over that past 30 days.

New York Community Bancorp Inc. has a market cap of $2.63 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on Apr 26, 2024 – Apr 30, 2024. With its Forward Dividend at 0.56 and a yield of 17.02%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the NYCB stock to gain ahead of the earnings release. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of -$0.1, with the EPS growth for the year raised at $0.04 for 2024 and $0.29 for next year. These figures represent -95.00% and 625.00% growth in EPS for the two years respectively.

Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at $651.32 million, with a low of $579 million and a high of $773.8 million. The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 24.10% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for 2024 is expected to hit $2.61 billion, or -26.80% down from figures reported last year.

There have been 2 upward and no downward revisions for the stock’s EPS in last 7 days, something that reflects the nature of company’s price movement in short term. On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the NYCB stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 100% Sell, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 100% Sell. Long term indicators on average place the stock in the category of 100% Sell.

Looking further, we note the current price level is -3.87% off its SMA20 and -28.06% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 41.02 while the volatility over the past week is 5.50% and jumps to 7.14% over the past one month. The beta value is 0.91, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 0.32.

Coming back to New York Community Bancorp Inc. (NYSE:NYCB), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 40.23 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 22.37 million. Current shares outstanding are 797.92 million.

The insiders hold 7.98% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 55.27%. The data shows that short shares as of Mar 15, 2024, stood at 67.34 million at a short ratio of 1.3. This represents a 8.44% short interest in shares outstanding on Mar 15, 2024. Shares short rose in March from the previous month at 50.6 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock -67.84% down in year-to-date price movement.

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