Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH) Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect
Regional bank Washington Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:WASH) will be reporting earnings this Monday afternoon. Here’s what you need to know.
Washington Trust Bancorp missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $58 million, up 10.9% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates and a slight miss of analysts’ net interest income estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Washington Trust Bancorp’s revenue to grow 9% year on year, slowing from the 14.7% 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. Washington Trust Bancorp has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Washington Trust Bancorp’s peers in the regional banks segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. M&T Bank delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 5.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.5%, and Commerce Bancshares reported revenues up 11.9%, topping estimates by 1.8%. M&T Bank traded up 5% following the results while Commerce Bancshares was also up 1.7%.
Read our full analysis of M&T Bank’s results here and Commerce Bancshares’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the regional banks segment, with share prices up 6.3% on average over the last month. Washington Trust Bancorp is up 4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $33.75 (compared to the current share price of $36.62).
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