Banner Corp. Company Profile (NASDAQ:BANR)

About Banner Corp.

Banner Corporation is a bank holding company. The Company is engaged in the business of planning, directing and coordinating the business activities of its subsidiaries, Banner Bank and Islanders Bank. Banner Bank is a regional bank that offers a range of commercial banking services and financial products to individuals, businesses and public sector entities in its market areas. Islanders Bank is a community bank that offers banking services to individuals, businesses and public entities located primarily in the San Juan Islands. The Banks' primary business is that of traditional banking institutions, accepting deposits and originating loans in locations, including Washington, Oregon, California, Utah and Idaho. Banner Bank is engaged in mortgage banking operations, through the origination and sale of one to four-family residential loans. The Company's lending activities are conducted through Banner Bank and Community Financial Corporation.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

Sector: Finance
Industry: Regional - Mid-Atlantic Banks
Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
Exchange: NASDAQ
Symbol: BANR
CUSIP: 06652V20

Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $44.27
50 Day Moving Average: $43.40
200 Day Moving Average: $42.66
52-Week Range: $34,350,000.00 - $35.39
Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.12
Foreward P/E Ratio: 13.85
P/E Growth: 1.57
Market Cap: $1.51B
Outstanding Shares: 34,350,000
Beta: 1.7

Profitability:

Net Margins: 13.96%
Return on Equity: 6.70%
Return on Assets: 0.89%

Debt:

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.40%
Current Ratio: 0.96%
Quick Ratio: 0.94%

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Consensus Ratings for Banner Corp. (NASDAQ:BANR) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	2 Hold Ratings, 3 Buy Ratings
Consensus Rating:	Buy (Score: 2.60)
Consensus Price Target:	$50.40 (14.44% upside)

Analysts' Ratings History for Banner Corp. (NASDAQ:BANR)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/23/2016	DA Davidson	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$52.00
7/29/2016	FBR & Co	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$50.00 -> $48.00
7/28/2016	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$49.00 -> $48.00
2/1/2016	Piper Jaffray Cos.	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$56.00 -> $50.00
10/22/2015	FIG Partners	Downgrade	Market-Perform -> Outperform
10/26/2015	Raymond James Financial Inc.	Boost Price Target		$51.00 -> $54.00

(Data available from 9/25/2014 forward)

Earnings History for Banner Corp. (NASDAQ:BANR)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
10/19/2016
7/26/2016	Q2	$0.72	$0.67			View	N/A
4/25/2016	Q116	$0.62	$0.65	$92.08 million	$111.00 million	View	N/A
1/27/2016	Q415	$0.70	$0.57	$95.02 million		View	N/A
10/21/2015	Q3	$0.72	$0.62	$57.70 million	$67.40 million	View	Listen
7/20/2015	Q215	$0.65	$0.64	$49.35 million		View	Listen
4/20/2015	Q115	$0.64	$0.68	$47.60 million	$59.70 million	View	N/A
1/21/2015	Q414	$0.63	$0.63	$46.80 million	$58.90 million	View	N/A
10/22/2014	Q3	$0.61	$0.76			View	N/A
7/23/2014	Q214	$0.62	$0.88	$43.57 million	$54.40 million	View	N/A
4/21/2014		$0.53	$0.54			View	N/A
1/22/2014	Q4	$0.66	$0.69			View	N/A
10/23/2013	Q313	$0.60	$0.60	$42.67 million		View	N/A
7/24/2013	Q2 2013	$0.58	$0.60			View	N/A
1/23/2013	Q4 2012	$0.63	$0.69	$42.15 million		View	N/A

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for Banner Corp. (NASDAQ:BANR)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $2.81 EPS
Next Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $3.18 EPS

Quarter	Number of Estimates	Low Estimate	High Estimate	Average Estimate
Q1 2016	6	$0.58	$0.78	$0.69
Q2 2016	6	$0.69	$0.83	$0.75
Q3 2016	3	$0.70	$0.80	$0.75
Q4 2016	3	$0.72	$0.76	$0.75
Q1 2017	3	$0.73	$0.78	$0.76
Q2 2017	3	$0.76	$0.80	$0.79
Q3 2017	3	$0.79	$0.84	$0.81
Q4 2017	3	$0.81	$0.86	$0.83

(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research)

Current Dividend Information for Banner Corp. (NASDAQ:BANR)

Annual Dividend:	$0.84
Dividend Yield:	1.91%
Payout Ratio:	43.08% (Based on Trailing 12 Months of Earnings) 29.89% (Based on Current Year Consensus EPS Estimate) 26.42% (Based on Next Year Consensus EPS Estimate)

Dividend History for Banner Corp. (NASDAQ:BANR)

Announced	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
6/30/2016	quarterly	$0.21	1.97%	7/7/2016	7/11/2016	7/20/2016
3/31/2016	quarterly	$0.21	2%	4/7/2016	4/11/2016	4/20/2016
12/17/2015	quarterly	$0.18	1.54%	12/31/2015	1/5/2016	1/14/2016
9/24/2015	quarterly	$0.18	1.56%	10/1/2015	10/5/2015	10/15/2015
6/25/2015	quarterly	$0.18	1.47%	7/6/2015	7/8/2015	7/15/2015
3/26/2015	quarterly	$0.18	1.58%	4/1/2015	4/6/2015	4/15/2015
12/18/2014	quarterly	$0.18	1.68%	12/30/2014	1/2/2015	1/13/2015
9/24/2014	quarterly	$0.18	1.87%	10/2/2014	10/6/2014	10/15/2014
6/25/2014	quarterly	$0.18	1.82%	7/2/2014	7/7/2014	7/15/2014
3/26/2014	quarterly	$0.18	1.77%	4/3/2014	4/7/2014	4/15/2014
12/18/2013	quarterly	$0.15	1.4%	12/31/2013	1/3/2014	1/13/2014
9/26/2013	quarterly	$0.15	1.59%	10/3/2013	10/7/2013	10/16/2013
6/26/2013	quarterly	$0.12	1.42%	7/2/2013	7/5/2013	7/15/2013
3/27/2013	quarterly	$0.12	1.51%	4/3/2013	4/5/2013	4/15/2013
12/19/2012	quarterly	$0.01	0.13%	1/2/2013	1/4/2013	1/14/2013

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Insider Trading History for Banner Corp. (NASDAQ:BANR)

Insider Ownership Percentage: 1.98%
Institutional Ownership Percentage: 77.17%

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
9/15/2016	Cynthia D. Purcell	Insider	Sell	400	$43.25	$17,300.00
9/1/2016	Steven W. Rust	VP	Sell	401	$43.60	$17,483.60
5/5/2016	Douglas M Bennett	VP	Sell	1,386	$41.78	$57,907.08
3/8/2016	Steven W Rust	VP	Sell	304	$42.02	$12,774.08
12/2/2015	Robert D Adams	Director	Sell	1,137	$52.08	$59,214.96

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Latest Headlines for Banner Corp. (NASDAQ:BANR)

Date	Headline
	BANNER CORP Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events (NASDAQ:BANR) biz.yahoo.com - September 21 at 4:37 PM
	Banner Corp. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : BANR-US : September 15, 2016 (NASDAQ:BANR) www.capitalcube.com - September 15 at 12:38 PM
	Banner Corporation (NASDAQ:BANR) Held $296.051 In Cash And Short-Term Investments (NASDAQ:BANR) www.stocksdaily.net - September 14 at 6:38 AM
	ETF’s with exposure to Banner Corp. : September 12, 2016 (NASDAQ:BANR) www.capitalcube.com - September 12 at 3:41 PM
	Alibaba Group Holding LTD (BABA) Is Flying the Bulls’ Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) investorplace.com - August 30 at 11:00 AM
	Can Banner Corporation (NASDAQ:BANR) Meet Analysts Expectations? (NASDAQ:BANR) www.stocksdaily.net - August 28 at 8:31 AM
	BANNER CORP Financials (NASDAQ:BANR) finance.yahoo.com - August 16 at 3:47 PM
	Banner Bank : Hires Craig Miller as Executive Vice President and General Counsel (NASDAQ:BANR) www.4-traders.com - August 12 at 9:08 PM
	Banner Bank Hires Craig Miller as Executive Vice President and General Counsel (NASDAQ:BANR) finance.yahoo.com - August 12 at 9:08 PM
	ETF’s with exposure to Banner Corp. : August 8, 2016 (NASDAQ:BANR) www.capitalcube.com - August 8 at 3:46 PM
	Banner Corp. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bullish Manner : BANR-US : August 8, 2016 (NASDAQ:BANR) www.capitalcube.com - August 8 at 8:32 AM
	BANNER CORP Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report (NASDAQ:BANR) biz.yahoo.com - August 5 at 3:44 PM
	Banner Corp. :BANR-US: Earnings Analysis: Q2, 2016 By the Numbers : August 3, 2016 (NASDAQ:BANR) www.capitalcube.com - August 3 at 3:47 PM
	BANNER CORP Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits (NASDAQ:BANR) biz.yahoo.com - August 2 at 3:44 PM
	Banner Corporation to Attend KBW Community Bank Investor Conference (NASDAQ:BANR) www.publicnow.com - August 1 at 3:43 PM
	Banner Corporation Earns $21.0 Million, or $0.61 per Diluted Share, in the Second Quarter of 2016; (NASDAQ:BANR) www.nasdaq.com - July 28 at 12:30 PM
	Edited Transcript of BANR earnings conference call or presentation 27-Jul-16 3:00pm GMT (NASDAQ:BANR) finance.yahoo.com - July 27 at 5:50 PM
	Banner : misses 2Q profit forecasts (NASDAQ:BANR) www.4-traders.com - July 27 at 3:44 PM
	Banner Corporation Earns $21.0 Million, or $0.61 per Diluted Share, in the ... (NASDAQ:BANR) finance.yahoo.com - July 27 at 3:44 PM
	BANNER CORP Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits (NASDAQ:BANR) biz.yahoo.com - July 27 at 11:22 AM
	Banner misses 2Q profit forecasts (NASDAQ:BANR) sg.finance.yahoo.com - July 26 at 5:25 PM
	Q2 2016 Banner Corp Earnings Release - After Market Close (NASDAQ:BANR) biz.yahoo.com - July 26 at 7:07 AM
	Savings & Loan Stocks' Q2 Earnings Preview: BANR, FBC & More (NASDAQ:BANR) finance.yahoo.com - July 25 at 7:26 AM
	Banner Corp. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : BANR-US : July 22, 2016 (NASDAQ:BANR) www.capitalcube.com - July 22 at 8:22 AM
	Banner Corp. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bullish Manner : BANR-US : July 12, 2016 (NASDAQ:BANR) www.capitalcube.com - July 12 at 8:07 AM
	Ex-Dividend Reminder: Banner, UDR and Toronto Dominion Bank (NASDAQ:BANR) www.nasdaq.com - July 5 at 3:44 PM
	5 things that will be obsolete thanks to our smartphones (NASDAQ:BANR) www.waynecojournalbanner.com - June 30 at 11:38 AM
	Sports car wrecks over bank, causes power outage (NASDAQ:BANR) www.wataugademocrat.com - June 30 at 11:38 AM
	Banner Bank declares dividend (NASDAQ:BANR) www.mailtribune.com - June 30 at 11:38 AM
	Star-Spangled Donors (NASDAQ:BANR) www.bannergraphic.com - June 29 at 11:56 AM
	Banner Corporation Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.21 Per Share, Schedules 2Q16 Conference Call and Webcast (NASDAQ:BANR) www.publicnow.com - June 29 at 9:21 AM
	Pilot, bystander hurt after plane crashes in Detroit street (NASDAQ:BANR) www.kswo.com - June 28 at 9:04 PM
	Theatre company hits fundraising milestone: $73,000 (NASDAQ:BANR) www.pamplinmedia.com - June 28 at 9:04 PM
	Banner Bank Hires Kayleen Kohler as Executive Vice President of Human Resources (NASDAQ:BANR) finance.yahoo.com - June 28 at 7:17 PM
	Ambassadors Poker Run helps fight hunger (NASDAQ:BANR) columbustelegram.com - June 28 at 8:09 AM
	United Way of Stephens Co. has successful year (NASDAQ:BANR) www.duncanbanner.com - June 28 at 8:09 AM
	Susan Wagner High School graduates 810 (NASDAQ:BANR) www.silive.com - June 28 at 8:09 AM
	Benefits of a Digital Detox During Summer Travel (NASDAQ:BANR) www.waynecojournalbanner.com - June 27 at 3:22 PM
	Global markets in tailspin after British vote to exit EU (NASDAQ:BANR) www.rockwallheraldbanner.com - June 26 at 8:58 AM
	On this date 15 years ago, S.I. Yankees opened new ballpark (NASDAQ:BANR) www.silive.com - June 26 at 8:58 AM
	Banner Bank defends All-City title with win over Farmers Co-Op (NASDAQ:BANR) www.union-bulletin.com - June 26 at 8:58 AM
	Banner Corp. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bullish Manner : BANR-US : June 24, 2016 (NASDAQ:BANR) www.capitalcube.com - June 24 at 8:42 AM
	5 Steps to Declare Your Financial Independence (NASDAQ:BANR) www.waynecojournalbanner.com - June 24 at 8:22 AM
	SPHS Post Prom thanks sponsors (NASDAQ:BANR) www.bannergraphic.com - June 24 at 8:22 AM
	Credit Sudhaar comes to the rescue of borrowers with poor credit score (NASDAQ:BANR) economictimes.indiatimes.com - June 23 at 5:14 PM
	Avalon, Alpharetta's 'city within a city' continues expansion (NASDAQ:BANR) www.mdjonline.com - June 23 at 5:14 PM
	'Last chance to vote': Boris Johnson hijacks his own daughter's graduation by unveiling a Brexit banner as clock ticks towards polls closing in Britain's historic EU referendum (NASDAQ:BANR) www.dailymail.co.uk - June 23 at 5:14 PM
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	Loans of the last resort (NASDAQ:BANR) baystatebanner.com - June 22 at 8:50 PM
	Attorney appointed for suspect in Commerce double homicide (NASDAQ:BANR) www.heraldbanner.com - June 22 at 8:50 PM