Civista Bancshares, Inc., the Sandusky-based financial holding company, announced on Wednesday, October 21, that its board of directors has approved and declared a quarterly dividend of 18 cents per common share. The company said the amount is consistent with the dividend paid in the prior quarter. Shareholders of record as of November 3, 2026, will receive the payment, which is payable on November 17, 2026.
The dividend represents a total payout of approximately $3.7 million, according to the company. Based on Civista’s closing stock price of $26.38 on September 30, 2026, the quarterly dividend produces an annualized yield of 2.73 percent. Civista Bancshares trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol CIVB.
For shareholders, the two dates in the announcement mark the steps in the payment. The record date of November 3 determines which shareholders of record are in line for this quarter’s distribution, and the payable date of November 17 is when the dividend is scheduled to be paid. The company presented the unchanged 18-cent amount as a continuation of its previous quarterly dividend.
Civista Bancshares is a $4.3 billion financial holding company headquartered in Sandusky, in Erie County. Its primary subsidiary is Civista Bank, which provides full-service banking, commercial lending, mortgage, and wealth management services to customers in its markets.
Civista Bank was founded in 1884, according to the company, and today operates 44 locations across Ohio, southeastern Indiana, and northern Kentucky. For a bank holding company based in Sandusky, the footprint means its quarterly decisions are made in northwest Ohio while its branches serve communities in three states.
The company also operates Civista Leasing & Finance, a division of Civista Bank that offers commercial equipment leasing services for businesses nationwide. That division sits alongside the bank’s local lending, mortgage, and wealth management work described in the announcement.
The fourth-quarter dividend is scheduled to reach shareholders of record in about two weeks, with payment following on November 17. In its release, the company noted that the announcement may contain forward-looking statements about financial performance, business prospects, growth, and operating strategies, and that those statements should be read together with the information in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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