Best Performing Bank Dividend Stocks of 2017

This table represents the 50 best performing bank stocks in 2017 with a dividend yield of 1% or more. A few banks have announced wage increases and new investments on the back of the tax reform bill. Let’s hope more banks are able to follow their lead in 2018.

Name	Symbol	P/E	Yield	5yr Div Growth %	1 Year Return %
Farmers & Merchants	FMAO	32.46	1.11	3.67	155.1
FNB Bancorp	FNBG	22.8	1.2	28.76	75.48
Nedbank Group Ltd	NDBKF	11.38	4.67	33.89	66.7
First BancTrust Corp	FIRT	22.39	1.12	2.92	63.71
Oak Valley Bancorp	OVLY	16.53	1.25	--	63.57
Greene County	GCBC	24.3	1.12	1.66	62.26
First Choice Bank	FCBK	20.25	3.27	--	54.27
Chemung Financial	CHMG	20.65	1.92	0.79	52.32
DBS Group Holdings	DBSDF	15.97	1.18	1.39	51.67
United Security	UBFO	22.4	1.53	--	51.27
Ohio Valley Banc	OVBC	22.3	2.04	0	50.75
MW Bancorp Inc	MWBC	13.91	2.07	--	50.61
Virginia National	VABK	13.99	1.05	--	50.54
Ally Financial Inc	ALLY	13.5	1.38	--	48.64
Norwood Financial	NWFL	19.4	2.67	3.29	48.3
Kentucky Bancshares	KTYB	13.18	2.51	4.18	48.16
Mid Penn Bancorp Inc	MPB	15.66	1.67	19.14	44.8
MCAN Mortgage Corp	MAMTF	10.89	5.54	1.67	44.26
SpareBank 1	SRMGF	10.26	3.43	--	43.46
Industrial Commercial	IDCBY	6.72	4.31	5.04	42.43
Sturgis Bancorp Inc	STBI	12.97	2.55	0.49	41.45
Intesa Sanpaolo	IITSF	7.98	6.02	11.84	41.34
Timberland Bancorp	TSBK	14.72	1.56	--	39.37
The Community Financial	TCFC	18.89	1.01	0	37.48
ING Groep	INGVF	12.23	4.06	--	36.85
Cambridge Bancorp	CATC	18.61	2.26	4.99	35.75
Citizens Financial	CZFS	16.06	2.67	11.31	34.57
First National	FNLIF	7.57	5.17	3.83	34.22
Franklin Financial	FRAF	14.57	2.48	-5.36	34.2
Farmers Bank of Appo.	FBPA	12.71	1.65	--	33.65
Northeast Community	NECB	51	1.18	0	33.16
Fauquier Bankshares	FBSS	20.19	2.31	0	32.17
Hawthorn Bancshares	HWBK	15.56	1.29	4.6	31.76
Bank of Commerce	BOCH	17.58	1.03	0	31.69
Bank of America	BAC	16.85	1.32	44.27	31.53
Union Bank	UBNC	19.82	1.04	--	29.99
F & M Bank Corp	FMBM	12.55	2.72	5.92	29.56
Old Point Financial	OPOF	40	1.47	14.87	29.53
Community Bancorp	CMTV	15.83	3.53	-2.33	29.41
Eagle Financial Services	EFSI	14.1	2.75	2.64	28.94
Marquette National	MNAT	20.03	2.53	--	28.73
Consumers Bancorp	CBKM	18.51	2.36	-3.93	28.71
Commerce Union	CUBN	25.36	1.56	--	28.44
Calvin B. Taylor	TYCB	18.27	2.81	1.06	28.14
Alerus Financial Corp	ALRS	14.34	2.29	8.2	27.87
Comerica Inc	CMA	19.58	1.26	17.35	27.55
Middlefield Banc	MBCN	15.63	2.23	0.76	27.42
Chesapeake Financial	CPKF	13.73	1.81	8.24	27.21
Katahdin Bankshares Corp	KTHN	14.05	2.56	--	26.88