First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. is the holding company for First Guaranty Bank (the Bank). The Bank offers a range of financial services and focuses on building client relationships and providing customer service. The Bank operates over 35 locations throughout Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The Banks principal business consists of attracting deposits from the general public and local municipalities in its market areas and then investing those deposits. The Bank also generates funds from operations, borrowings in lending and investing in securities. The Bank serves the credit needs of its customer base, including commercial real estate loans, commercial and industrial loans, commercial leases, and others. The Bank offers a variety of deposit accounts to consumers, small businesses, and municipalities, including personal and business checking and savings accounts, time deposits and money market accounts. In addition, the Bank offers a range of consumer services.
Growing
The company is in a growing phase, with the latest annual income totaling USD 88.42M.
Turnaround to Loss
The company's performance has turned to a loss, with the latest annual loss of USD .
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 50.67%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 50.67%.
Overvalued
The company’s latest PB is 0.83, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 797.65K shares, decreasing 18.27% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by James Simons
Star Investor James Simons holds 0.00 shares of this stock.
Higher Market Activity
The company has more investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of 2.54.