B. Riley Expects Reduced Earnings for Customers Bancorp

Customers Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:CUBI - Free Report) - Equities researchers at B. Riley reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Customers Bancorp in a note issued to investors on Monday, April 28th. B. Riley analyst H. Goetsch now forecasts that the bank will post earnings of $1.46 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.57. The consensus estimate for Customers Bancorp's current full-year earnings is $6.45 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Customers Bancorp's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.60 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.18 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.37 EPS.

Customers Bancorp (NYSE:CUBI - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 24th. The bank reported $1.54 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.26. Customers Bancorp had a return on equity of 12.29% and a net margin of 13.07%. The firm had revenue of $194.28 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $165.24 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.68 earnings per share.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on CUBI. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their price objective on shares of Customers Bancorp from $67.00 to $65.00 and set a "market perform" rating for the company in a report on Monday. Stephens reaffirmed an "equal weight" rating and set a $58.00 price objective on shares of Customers Bancorp in a report on Friday, January 24th. DA Davidson increased their price objective on shares of Customers Bancorp from $68.00 to $71.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, January 27th. Finally, Maxim Group increased their target price on Customers Bancorp from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Customers Bancorp has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $63.80.

Customers Bancorp Trading Up 3.0 %

Shares of CUBI opened at $50.74 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.96 and a quick ratio of 0.95. Customers Bancorp has a 1 year low of $40.75 and a 1 year high of $68.49. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $49.05 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $50.93. The firm has a market cap of $1.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.99 and a beta of 1.47.

Institutional Trading of Customers Bancorp

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Picton Mahoney Asset Management boosted its stake in shares of Customers Bancorp by 47.7% during the fourth quarter. Picton Mahoney Asset Management now owns 585 shares of the bank's stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 189 shares during the period. R Squared Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Customers Bancorp in the fourth quarter valued at about $42,000. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Customers Bancorp in the fourth quarter valued at about $46,000. KBC Group NV raised its holdings in shares of Customers Bancorp by 82.8% in the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,495 shares of the bank's stock valued at $73,000 after acquiring an additional 677 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Customers Bancorp by 323.5% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,643 shares of the bank's stock valued at $80,000 after acquiring an additional 1,255 shares in the last quarter. 89.29% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Jay S. Sidhu sold 67,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $56.82, for a total transaction of $3,806,940.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 965,723 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $54,872,380.86. The trade was a 6.49 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Glenn Hedde sold 15,815 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.25, for a total transaction of $921,223.75. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 55,211 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,216,040.75. This represents a 22.27 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 115,988 shares of company stock valued at $6,627,318 over the last three months. 6.92% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Customers Bancorp Company Profile

Customers Bancorp, Inc operates as the bank holding company for Customers Bank that provides financial products and services to individual consumers, and small and middle market businesses. The company provides deposit banking products, which includes commercial and consumer checking, non-interest-bearing and interest-bearing demand, MMDA, savings, and time deposit accounts.

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