Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
ITEM 5 MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Common Stock
Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "HMST."
As of February 24, 2023, there were 2,220 shareholders of record of our common stock.
Dividend Policy
HomeStreet's has a dividend policy that contemplates the payment of quarterly cash dividends on our common stock when, if and in an amount declared by the Board of Directors after taking into consideration, among other things, earnings, regulatory capital levels, the overall payout ratio and expected asset growth. While the Company has no plans to change the current level of its dividends, the payment of a dividend and the dividend rate to be paid will be reassessed each quarter by the Board of Directors in accordance with the dividend policy. Our ability to pay dividends to shareholders is dependent on many factors, including the Bank's ability to pay dividends to the Company. Therefore, we cannot give assurance that we will be able to continue to pay a regular dividend in any future period.
Sales of Unregistered Securities
There were no sales of unregistered securities during the fourth quarter of 2022.
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Stock Performance Graph
This performance graph shall not be deemed "soliciting material" or to be "filed" with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of HomeStreet, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
The following graph shows a comparison from December 31, 2017 through December 31, 2022 of the cumulative total return for our common stock, the Russell 2000 Index (RUT) and the KBW Regional Banking Index ("KRX"). The graph assumes that $100 was invested at the market close on December 31, 2017 in the common stock of HomeStreet, Inc., the Russell 2000 Index, the KBW Regional Banking Index and data for HomeStreet, Inc., the Russell 2000 Index and the KBW Regional Banking Index assumes reinvestments of dividends. The stock price performance of the following graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.
ITEM 6 Reserved.
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