5 Bank Dividend Stocks for 2022

2. New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:NYCB)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 27

Dividend Yield: 5.48% (as of January 4)

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:NYCB) is up next on our list, and features an impressive dividend yield of 4.88%, after declaring a $0.17/share quarterly dividend in late October. The firm is a bank holding company which offers multi-family real estate loans and other financial services to clients in the United States.

For the third quarter, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:NYCB) posted an EPS of $0.31, which fell below consensus estimates by $0.01. The firm’s revenue of $333 million for the quarter failed to meet analysts’ expectations by $13.15 million.

By the end of the third quarter, 27 hedge funds were long New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:NYCB), as compared to 30 hedge funds in the preceding quarter. Out of all the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey, Balyasny Asset Management was the leading shareholder of New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:NYCB) shares, holding 7.2 million shares valued at $92.72 million.