On March 19, 2015, Stilwell Value LLC announced that it intends to work with Sugar Creek Financial Corp's management and the board of directors to maximize shareholder value. In addition, Stilwell Value stated that it encourages the Company to pay dividends to shareholders and, at such time as the Company is permitted to repurchase shares of outstanding common stock with excess capital. Further, Stilwell Value reiterated that it oppose adding a branch until the Company has consistently earned a normalized return on equity and until the stock trades above book value.