Regional banking company Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what you need to know.
Brookline Bancorp missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.4% last quarter, reporting revenues of $91.49 million, up 4.1% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ net interest income estimates and a slight miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Brookline Bancorp’s revenue to grow 10.5% year on year to $95.43 million, a reversal from the 5.6% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.25 per share.
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. Brookline Bancorp has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates six times over the last two years.
Looking at Brookline 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. Texas Capital Bank delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 15.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.7%, and Nicolet Bankshares reported revenues up 12.7%, topping estimates by 4.4%. Texas Capital Bank traded up 4.8% following the results while Nicolet Bankshares was also up 7.8%.
Read our full analysis of Texas Capital Bank’s results here and Nicolet Bankshares’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the regional banks segment, with share prices up 7.8% on average over the last month. Brookline Bancorp is up 7.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $14.25 (compared to the current share price of $11.05).
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