5 Financial Services Dividend Champions to Buy Now

4. Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTBI)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 10
Dividend Yield: 3.77%
Number of Years of Consistent Dividend Increases: 40

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTBI), Community Trust Bank’s holding company, is next on our list of financial services dividend champions to buy now. The company is based in Kentucky, US, and offers commercial, construction, mortgage, and personal loans, lease-financing, lines of credit, revolving lines of credit, and term loans, as well as other specialized loans and financial products. It ranks 4th on our list.

In the second quarter of 2021, Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTBI) had an EPS of $1.34, beating estimates by $0.23. The company’s revenue was $55.76 million, up 8.6% year over year and beating estimates by $0.81 million. Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTBI) has gained 1.22% in the past 6 months and 15.79% year to date.

By the end of the second quarter of 2021, 10 hedge funds out of the 873 tracked by Insider Monkey held stakes in Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTBI) worth roughly $16 million. This is compared to 9 hedge funds in the previous quarter with a total stake value of approximately $20.1 million.