United Community Banks (UCB) Q1 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For

Regional banking company United Community Banks (NYSE:UCB) will be reporting results this Tuesday morning. Here’s what you need to know.

United Community Banks beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $279.5 million, up 10.9% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a decent beat of analysts’ revenue estimates but EPS in line with analysts’ estimates.

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This quarter, the market is expecting United Community Banks’s revenue to grow 10.4% year on year, improving from the 4.7% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.United Community Banks Total Revenue

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. United Community Banks has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.

Looking at United Community Banks’s peers in the regional banks segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. BancFirst delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.8%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1%, and KeyCorp reported revenues up 10.2%, topping estimates by 0.7%. BancFirst traded up 3.6% following the results while KeyCorp was also up 1.1%.

Read our full analysis of BancFirst’s results here and KeyCorp’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the regional banks segment, with share prices up 9.9% on average over the last month. United Community Banks is up 11.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $38 (compared to the current share price of $34.14).

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