Security Federal Corp. (OTCMKTS:SFDL) Short Interest Up 937.5% in April

Security Federal Corp. (OTCMKTS:SFDL) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 83 shares, an increase of 937.5% from the April 15th total of 8 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 559 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Security Federal Price Performance

Shares of SFDL stock opened at $36.00 on Tuesday. Security Federal has a 52-week low of $29.49 and a 52-week high of $36.62. The stock has a market cap of $111.24 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.00 and a beta of 0.42. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $35.34 and its 200-day moving average is $33.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a quick ratio of 0.54 and a current ratio of 0.54.

Security Federal (OTCMKTS:SFDL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 1st. The bank reported $1.00 earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $15.20 million for the quarter. Security Federal had a return on equity of 12.60% and a net margin of 15.72%.

About Security Federal

Security Federal Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Security Federal Bank that provides various banking products and services. It offers various deposit products, such as savings and checking accounts, money market accounts, fixed interest rate certificates with varying maturities, and individual retirement accounts. The company provides real estate loans comprising commercial real estate loans secured by non-residential commercial properties, churches, hotels, residential developments, and multi-family dwellings; one-to-four family residential real estate loans; and construction loans and loans for the acquisition, development, and construction of residential subdivisions and commercial projects.