Q2 Earnings Estimate for U.S. Bancorp Issued By DA Davidson

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB - Free Report) - Research analysts at DA Davidson increased their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for U.S. Bancorp in a research report issued on Friday, June 27th. DA Davidson analyst P. Winter now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings of $1.08 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.07. DA Davidson currently has a "Buy" rating and a $49.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for U.S. Bancorp's current full-year earnings is $4.38 per share.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on USB. Truist Financial reduced their price objective on U.S. Bancorp from $51.00 to $48.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. Wall Street Zen cut U.S. Bancorp from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Saturday, June 7th. Raymond James Financial reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $51.00 price objective (down from $57.00) on shares of U.S. Bancorp in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. Wolfe Research raised U.S. Bancorp from a "peer perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $49.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 3rd. Finally, Bank of America reduced their price objective on U.S. Bancorp from $50.00 to $49.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 17th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $50.72.

U.S. Bancorp Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of NYSE USB opened at $45.79 on Monday. The business's 50 day moving average is $42.93 and its two-hundred day moving average is $44.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 0.80 and a quick ratio of 0.80. U.S. Bancorp has a 1-year low of $35.18 and a 1-year high of $53.98. The stock has a market capitalization of $71.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.33, a PEG ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.00.

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.06. U.S. Bancorp had a return on equity of 13.02% and a net margin of 15.70%. The firm had revenue of $6.96 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.92 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.78 earnings per share.

U.S. Bancorp Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Monday, June 30th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 30th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.37%. U.S. Bancorp's payout ratio is 49.50%.

Insider Activity at U.S. Bancorp

In related news, Director Aleem Gillani bought 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, April 21st. The stock was bought at an average price of $37.32 per share, for a total transaction of $186,600.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now directly owns 15,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $559,800. This represents a 50.00% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.23% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of U.S. Bancorp

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. FIL Ltd lifted its holdings in U.S. Bancorp by 42.0% during the fourth quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 28,872 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $1,381,000 after buying an additional 8,542 shares during the period. Wesbanco Bank Inc. increased its position in shares of U.S. Bancorp by 31.6% during the first quarter. Wesbanco Bank Inc. now owns 325,056 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $13,724,000 after purchasing an additional 78,146 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of U.S. Bancorp by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 138,836,896 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $6,640,569,000 after purchasing an additional 1,079,056 shares in the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp increased its position in shares of U.S. Bancorp by 36.9% during the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 1,158,848 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $55,427,000 after purchasing an additional 312,504 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Becker Capital Management Inc. increased its position in shares of U.S. Bancorp by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Becker Capital Management Inc. now owns 560,095 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $27,069,000 after purchasing an additional 8,204 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 77.60% of the company's stock.

U.S. Bancorp Company Profile

U.S. Bancorp, a financial services holding company, provides various financial services to individuals, businesses, institutional organizations, governmental entities, and other financial institutions in the United States. It operates through Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking; Consumer and Business Banking; Payment Services; and Treasury and Corporate Support segments.

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