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$3.90 -0.34 (-8.02%)
10/10/2008 4:00 PM

Independent Bank Corp(MI) (IBCP)

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A bank holding company whose subsidiaries provide commercial banking, including checking and savings accounts, commercial lending, direct and indirect consumer financing, mortgage lending and safe deposit box services.

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IBCP doesn't currently meet the $100M market cap / $1.50 stock price minimum. (Learn More)

What the Community Thinks

Total Members

25 Outperforms
45 Underperforms
 

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5 Outperforms
17 Underperforms
 

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0 Outperforms
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Ticker Tags

Micro Cap (4824), Regional - Midwest Banks (64)
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Independent Bank Corp(MI) At A Glance

Current Price: $3.90
Last Trade Time: 10/10/2008 4:00 PM
Open: $4.23
Previous Close: $4.24
Daily Range: $3.45 - $4.23
52-Week Range: $2.52 - $14.12
Volume: 260,216
Market Cap: $97.58M
P/E Ratio: 10.10
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IBCP VS S&P 500 (SPY)

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Top Bull Pitch

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Independent Bank Corp(MI) (IBCP)

Avatar mninmich (< 20) Submitted: 7/25/08 4:24 PM

Great little Michigan bank, solid reputation and business practices in my experiences.

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Independent Bank Corp(MI) (IBCP)

Avatar TheGarcipian (98.67) Submitted: 7/28/08 4:43 PM

Pointed out to me by FloridaBuilder, I think this stock has a better-than-even chance of falling hard from its current perch. Yes, I wish I'd selected it over the weekend and got in on the 18+% drop today, but I think there's more of that to come. Just look at the numbers on Yahoo! Finance: PEG=2.8,...More

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Avatar TheGarcipian (98.67) Submitted: 7/28/08 4:43 PM : Underperform Start Price: $6.08 IBCP Score: 7.22

Pointed out to me by FloridaBuilder, I think this stock has a better-than-even chance of falling hard from its current perch. Yes, I wish I'd selected it over the weekend and got in on the 18+% drop today, but I think there's more of that to come. Just look at the numbers on Yahoo! Finance: PEG=2.8, Profit & Operating Margins at 5.3% & 3.2% (barely self-sustaining), Return on Assets and Equity are anemic at 0.2% & 2.6%, and Quarterly Revenue & Earnings Growth both negative at -11.2% and -92%, respectively. Debt is common for banks, but this one has $682M in debt with only $71M in cash. Its market capitalization is only $137M, for crying out loud! Where's the rest of the money to keep this thing afloat? It's too small to be rescued by the Fed's "We Don't Rescue Banks (Unless They're Too Big To Fail)" policy. To add insult to injury, the dividend yield is a paltry 0.5%, so why would shareholders stick around for that great bargain? It might be independent, but this independence is going to cost them their business. I'm going to hold on to this one for a very short time, reassessing in 3-4 weeks.

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Avatar mninmich (< 20) Submitted: 7/25/08 4:24 PM : Outperform Start Price: $7.31 IBCP Score: -17.15

Great little Michigan bank, solid reputation and business practices in my experiences.

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Avatar lonewulf47638 (63.31) Submitted: 7/24/08 1:00 PM : Outperform Start Price: $6.20 IBCP Score: -7.06

Increase in earnings will signal a correction to the updide.

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Avatar soundsound (38.15) Submitted: 6/10/08 12:46 PM : Outperform Start Price: $4.92 IBCP Score: 14.48

I am going to go against the current here.

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Avatar SleazyD (< 20) Submitted: 2/28/08 6:34 PM : Underperform Start Price: $9.85 IBCP Score: 25.67

These guys are nothing too special, and the entire sector is taking a bath. I don't expect them to pull a rabbit out of their hats.

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