Micro-cap Touched New Highs: Premier Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:PFBI), Hallador Energy Co (NASDAQ:HNRG), Transcat (NASDAQ:TRNS), West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA), Hallmark Financial Services (NASDAQ:HALL)

Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc. (PFBI) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 12, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.12 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 30, 2014. Shareholders who purchased PFBI stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 9.09% increase over the same period a year ago. At the current stock price of $14.74, the dividend yield is 3.26%.Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:PFBI) net profit margin is 27.10% and weekly performance is 7.91%. On last trading day company shares ended up $15.96. Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:PFBI) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 10.26%.

—-Hallador Energy Co (NASDAQ:HNRG) shares fell -2.35% in last trading session and ended the day on $9.57. HNRG Gross Margin is 37.40% and its return on assets is 8.40%. Hallador Energy Co (NASDAQ:HNRG) quarterly performance is 10.13%.

Transcat, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRNS), a leading provider of accredited calibration, repair, inspection and compliance services and distributor of professional grade handheld test, measurement and control instrumentation, reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 29, 2014 (“fiscal 2014”). Included in reported results were those of Anacor Compliance Services, Inc., acquired on July 16, 2012, and Cal-Matrix Metrology Inc., acquired on January 25, 2013. Transcat, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRNS) shares moved down -0.78% in last trading session and was closed at $10.17, while trading in range of $10.00-$10.32. Transcat, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRNS) year to date performance is 27.28%.

West Bancorp (NASDAQ:WTBA) was upgraded byZacks from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report issued on Monday. The firm currently has a $17.50 price objective on the stock. West Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ:WTBA) ended the last trading day at $15.62. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 3.24% and price to cash ratio as 2.54. West Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ:WTBA) showed a positive weekly performance of 1.69%.

A.M. Best has assigned an indicative rating of “bbb-” to the senior unsecured debt of the recently filed shelf registration of Hallmark Financial Services Inc. (Hallmark Financial) (Nevada). The outlook assigned to the rating is negative. All remaining ratings of Hallmark Financial and its subsidiaries are unchanged.Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:HALL) net profit margin is 2.90% and weekly performance is 2.38%. On last trading day company shares ended up $10.76. Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:HALL) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 16.74%.

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