Regional banking company Community Financial System (NYSE: CBU) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday before the bell. Here’s what you need to know.
Community Bank beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $215.8 million, up 10.1% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates and a miss of analysts’ tangible book value per share estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Community Bank’s revenue to grow 10.1% year on year, in line with the 10.6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Community Bank has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Community Bank’s peers in the regional banks segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. OFG Bancorp delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 4.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.8%, and First Financial Bancorp reported revenues up 26.1%, topping estimates by 3.1%. OFG Bancorp traded up 7.6% following the results while First Financial Bancorp was also up 2.4%.
Read our full analysis of OFG Bancorp’s results here and First Financial Bancorp’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the regional banks segment, with share prices up 9.3% on average over the last month. Community Bank is up 9.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $67.17 (compared to the current share price of $63.23).
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