Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (CTBI) Dividends

CTBI Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. As for CTBI, the DDM model, as implemented by StockNews, implies a positive return of 105.32% relative to its current price. To help understand and contextualize the model's evaluation of CTBI, investors may wish to consider are:

• Relative to all dividend yielding stocks in our set, Community Trust Bancorp Inc's dividend yield of 3.87% is in the top 22.72%.
• In comparison to other US listed dividend yielding stocks in the Financial Services sector, Community Trust Bancorp Inc's expected return of 105.32% is higher than 74.9% of its fellow sector mates.
• Compared to all dividend issuing stocks in our set, Community Trust Bancorp Inc bears a discount rate, according to our calculations, lower than 74.9% of them (lower discount rates are generally perceived as positive, and a sign of lower risk).
• Beta tells us how volatile a stock's price is relative to the broader equity index; as for CTBI, approximately 73.8% of US-listed dividend issuers had a higher beta, and thus may have greater price volatility.

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