Regional banking company United Community Banks (NYSE:UCB) will be reporting results this Wednesday before market open. Here’s what you need to know.
United Community Banks met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $247.7 million, up 3.7% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a narrow beat of analysts’ tangible book value per share estimates but net interest income in line with analysts’ estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting United Community Banks’s revenue to grow 6.3% year on year to $260.7 million, improving from the 3.6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.61 per share.
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. United Community Banks has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at United Community Banks’s peers in the regional banks segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Texas Capital Bank delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 15.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.7%, and Nicolet Bankshares reported revenues up 12.7%, topping estimates by 4.4%. Texas Capital Bank traded up 4.8% following the results while Nicolet Bankshares was also up 7.8%.
Read our full analysis of Texas Capital Bank’s results here and Nicolet Bankshares’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the regional banks segment, with share prices up 7.8% on average over the last month. United Community Banks is up 9.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $34 (compared to the current share price of $31.43).
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