Commerce Bancshares - CBSH Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Commerce Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" CBSH shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CBSH, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Commerce Bancshares' stock. Their CBSH share price forecasts range from $70.00 to $74.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $71.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.6% from the stock's current price.
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Commerce Bancshares' stock was trading at $68.07 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CBSH stock has decreased by 14.3% and is now trading at $58.31.
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Commerce Bancshares saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,540,000 shares, an increase of 14.9% from the February 28th total of 2,210,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 457,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 18th 2023.
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Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBSH) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 19th. The financial services provider reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.02. The financial services provider earned $391.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $395.61 million. Commerce Bancshares had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.60% and a net margin of 31.60%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.89 earnings per share.

Commerce Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 7th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, March 27th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.85%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 6th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.27.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA), ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (REGL), ProShares Russell US Dividend Growers ETF (TMDV), Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF (XMLV), iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) and SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE).

Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.87%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 55 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 28.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CBSH will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.07% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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99 employees have rated Commerce Bancshares Chief Executive Officer John W Kemper on Glassdoor.com. John W Kemper has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts John W Kemper in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Commerce Bancshares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CBSH."

Commerce Bancshares' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC (106.76%), Aristotle Capital Management LLC (7.49%), Commerce Bank (5.56%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (4.17%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.77%) and Morgan Stanley (1.59%). Insiders that own company stock include Blackford F Brauer, Charles G Kim, David L Orf, David L Roller, David W Kemper, Derrick Brooks, Douglas D Neff, Jeffrey M Burik, John K Handy, John W Kemper, Jonathan M Kemper, Kevin G Barth, Patricia R Kellerhals, Paul A Steiner, Paula S Petersen, Robert S Holmes, Sara E Foster and Thomas J Noack.
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Shares of CBSH stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CBSH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.31.

Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) has a market capitalization of $7.28 billion and generates $1.55 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $488.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.8495 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,598 workers across the globe.

Commerce Bancshares' mailing address is 1000 WALNUT, KANSAS CITY MO, 64106. The official website for the company is www.commercebank.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (816) 234-2000, via email at mymoney@commercebank.com, or via fax at 816-234-2369.