Financial Dividend Stocks Of The Month: Flushing Financial And More

Flushing Financial, Republic Bancorp, and United Financial Bancorp are financial services stocks that generally perform in-line with the economy. Firms in this sector offer services ranging from investment banking to consumer finance. Downturns can hit financial services companies hard as net interest margins shrink and credit losses grow. However, in good times, they report steady profits and many pay attractive dividends. I’ve made a list of other value-adding dividend-paying stocks in the financial industry for you to consider for your investment portfolio.

Flushing Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:FFIC)

FFIC has a good-sized dividend yield of 2.95% and is currently distributing 53.41% of profits to shareholders . The company’s dividends per share have risen from US$0.52 to US$0.80 over the last 10 years. During this period, the company has not missed a dividend payment – as you would expect from a company increasing their dividend. It also looks like Flushing Financial has some promising growth in store for the next year, with analysts expecting the company’s earnings to increase by 36.75% over the next 12 months. More on Flushing Financial here.

Republic Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCA.A)

RBCA.A has a decent dividend yield of 2.20% and their payout ratio stands at 35.55% . The company’s DPS have increased from US$0.48 to US$0.97 over the last 10 years. The company has been a reliable payer too, not missing a payment during this time. Interested in Republic Bancorp? Find out more here.

United Financial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBNK)

UBNK has a wholesome dividend yield of 2.72% and distributes 42.63% of its earnings to shareholders as dividends . UBNK’s last dividend payment was US$0.48, up from it’s payment 10 years ago of US$0.13. To the enjoyment of shareholders, the company hasn’t missed a payment during this period. Interested in United Financial Bancorp? Find out more here.

For more solid dividend paying companies to add to your portfolio, explore this interactive list of top dividend payers.

To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.