Thesis
Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc (SASR) is the fourth undervalued community bank that I am highlighting. This bank has operations in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC. The bank showed up as one of five banks passing several screens assessing dividend, dividend safety, valuation, and volatility. This bank is conservatively run and presently undervalued and the yield is about 3.5%. Sandy Spring had long-term dividend growth that was interrupted by the Great Recession. Since then the bank has raised the dividend at a rapid clip but the growth rate may slow due to acquisitions.