Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CZWI) Short Interest Update

Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CZWI) saw a significant growth in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,300 shares, a growth of 5.6% from the November 30th total of 12,600 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 21,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, StockNews.com downgraded Citizens Community Bancorp from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th.

Citizens Community Bancorp Stock Performance

Shares of CZWI stock opened at $16.29 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 0.95 and a quick ratio of 0.95. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $15.74 and a 200-day moving average of $13.88. Citizens Community Bancorp has a one year low of $10.14 and a one year high of $17.04. The company has a market cap of $163.45 million, a P/E ratio of 11.55 and a beta of 1.08.

Citizens Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:CZWI) last posted its earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The bank reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $25.43 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.00 million. Citizens Community Bancorp had a net margin of 14.70% and a return on equity of 8.64%. Equities research analysts forecast that Citizens Community Bancorp will post 1.34 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Citizens Community Bancorp

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Empowered Funds LLC raised its position in Citizens Community Bancorp by 5.3% in the third quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 58,232 shares of the bank’s stock worth $825,000 after acquiring an additional 2,948 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in Citizens Community Bancorp by 1.1% in the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 280,698 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $3,248,000 after purchasing an additional 2,986 shares during the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its stake in Citizens Community Bancorp by 10.4% in the second quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 21,254 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $246,000 after purchasing an additional 2,000 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC increased its position in Citizens Community Bancorp by 25.0% in the second quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 48,065 shares of the bank’s stock worth $554,000 after buying an additional 9,615 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC purchased a new stake in Citizens Community Bancorp in the third quarter worth $48,000. 55.11% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Citizens Community Bancorp

Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc operates as a bank holding company for Citizens Community Federal N.A. that provides various traditional community banking services to businesses, agricultural operators, and consumers. It accepts various deposit products, including demand deposits, savings and money market accounts, and certificates of deposit.