Regional banking company WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) will be reporting earnings this Thursday after the bell. Here’s what to look for.
WSFS Financial beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $285.2 million, up 6.4% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ net interest income and EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting WSFS Financial’s revenue to grow 6.2% year on year, improving from the 1.7% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. WSFS Financial has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at WSFS Financial’s peers in the regional banks segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. QCR Holdings’s revenues decreased 11.7% year on year, missing analysts’ expectations by 8.9%, and Washington Trust Bancorp reported revenues up 15%, topping estimates by 4.1%. Washington Trust Bancorp traded up 4.2% following the results.
Read our full analysis of QCR Holdings’s results here and Washington Trust Bancorp’s results here.
Over the past year, investors have repeatedly shifted their focus from one macro narrative to another (AI disruption and AI capex spending to geopolitics, interest rates, and the broader health of the economy). While some of the regional banks stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 3% on average over the last month. WSFS Financial’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $88.42 (compared to the current share price of $77.31).
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