What is DA Davidson’s Estimate for EFSC Q1 Earnings?

Enterprise Financial Services Corp (NASDAQ:EFSC) – Stock analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Enterprise Financial Services in a report issued on Wednesday, January 29th. DA Davidson analyst J. Rulis anticipates that the bank will post earnings of $1.24 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $70.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Enterprise Financial Services’ current full-year earnings is $4.77 per share.

Several other research firms also recently commented on EFSC. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $70.00 price objective (up previously from $68.00) on shares of Enterprise Financial Services in a research note on Wednesday. Piper Sandler increased their price target on Enterprise Financial Services from $58.00 to $62.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd.

Enterprise Financial Services Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ EFSC opened at $60.12 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.23 billion, a PE ratio of 12.74 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $57.89 and its 200-day moving average price is $54.04. Enterprise Financial Services has a twelve month low of $37.28 and a twelve month high of $63.13.

Enterprise Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 27th. The bank reported $1.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.18 by $0.14. Enterprise Financial Services had a net margin of 19.73% and a return on equity of 10.81%.

Institutional Trading of Enterprise Financial Services

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Renaissance Technologies LLC increased its stake in Enterprise Financial Services by 164.6% during the 2nd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 49,489 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $2,025,000 after purchasing an additional 30,785 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Enterprise Financial Services by 35.6% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 90,331 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $3,695,000 after acquiring an additional 23,697 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its position in shares of Enterprise Financial Services by 4.5% during the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 19,177 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $785,000 after acquiring an additional 819 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning lifted its position in Enterprise Financial Services by 10.4% in the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 37,030 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $1,515,000 after acquiring an additional 3,474 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Point72 Asset Management L.P. boosted its stake in Enterprise Financial Services by 61.9% during the 2nd quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 9,391 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $384,000 after purchasing an additional 3,591 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.21% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Richard Sanborn sold 100,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $59.56, for a total value of $5,956,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 40,950 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,438,982. This trade represents a 70.95 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 2.30% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Enterprise Financial Services Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.29 per share. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.93%. This is a boost from Enterprise Financial Services’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. Enterprise Financial Services’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 23.73%.

Enterprise Financial Services Company Profile

Enterprise Financial Services Corp operates as the holding company for Enterprise Bank & Trust that offers banking and wealth management services to individuals and corporate customers primarily in Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, and New Mexico. It provides checking, savings, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit.