Regional banking company Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow morning. Here’s what to expect.
Peoples Bancorp beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $122 million, up 6% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ tangible book value per share estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Peoples Bancorp’s revenue to grow 4% year on year, in line with the 3.2% 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 will stay the course heading into earnings. Peoples Bancorp has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.
Looking at Peoples Bancorp’s peers in the regional banks segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Independent Bank delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.4%, beating analysts’ expectations by 0.6%, and Regions Financial reported revenues up 2.6%, topping estimates by 0.6%. Independent Bank traded up 3.6% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Independent Bank’s results here and Regions Financial’s results here.
Over the last year or so, investors' attention has moved from one major market theme to the next, spanning AI disruption and surging infrastructure investment to geopolitical tensions, interest rates, and the health of the broader economy. While some of the regional banks stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.9% on average over the last month. Peoples Bancorp is down 6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $42.50 (compared to the current share price of $36.72).
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