B. Riley Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Customers Bancorp (NYSE:CUBI) Stock

Key Points

• Customers Bancorp's price target has been raised to $85.00 by B. Riley, suggesting a potential upside of 30.84% from its current price.
• The stock recently traded up 5.3% to $64.97 and has a market cap of $2.05 billion, with a P/E ratio of 16.06.
• Customers Bancorp reported an earnings per share (EPS) of $1.80 for the last quarter, exceeding analysts’ expectations by $0.30.

Customers Bancorp (NYSE:CUBI - Free Report) had its price objective increased by B. Riley from $82.00 to $85.00 in a report issued on Monday morning,Benzinga reports. They currently have a buy rating on the bank's stock. B. Riley also issued estimates for Customers Bancorp's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.76 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.79 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.89 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.75 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also weighed in on CUBI. DA Davidson increased their price objective on shares of Customers Bancorp from $69.00 to $78.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their target price on Customers Bancorp from $70.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock a "market perform" rating in a report on Monday. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Customers Bancorp from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, July 18th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $67.00.

Customers Bancorp Price Performance

CUBI stock traded down $1.55 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $62.20. The company had a trading volume of 551,933 shares, compared to its average volume of 306,886. The company has a market capitalization of $1.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.40 and a beta of 1.55. Customers Bancorp has a 12-month low of $40.75 and a 12-month high of $67.19. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $57.86 and a 200 day moving average price of $53.60.

Customers Bancorp (NYSE:CUBI - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The bank reported $1.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.50 by $0.30. Customers Bancorp had a net margin of 10.77% and a return on equity of 11.98%. The firm had revenue of $206.31 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $170.81 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.49 EPS. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts anticipate that Customers Bancorp will post 6.45 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Customers Bancorp

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in CUBI. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its stake in Customers Bancorp by 34.3% in the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 3,532,851 shares of the bank's stock worth $177,349,000 after purchasing an additional 902,406 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Customers Bancorp in the first quarter worth $26,652,000. Hood River Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Customers Bancorp by 40.1% in the fourth quarter. Hood River Capital Management LLC now owns 1,470,951 shares of the bank's stock worth $71,606,000 after acquiring an additional 421,335 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Customers Bancorp by 71.4% in the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 274,730 shares of the bank's stock worth $13,791,000 after acquiring an additional 114,430 shares during the period. Finally, Shellback Capital LP acquired a new stake in shares of Customers Bancorp in the fourth quarter worth $5,257,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.29% of the company's stock.

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.