DA Davidson Comments on Peoples Bancorp Q2 Earnings

Peoples Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:PEBO) – Stock analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Peoples Bancorp in a research report issued on Thursday, April 24th. DA Davidson analyst M. Navas anticipates that the bank will earn $0.79 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $35.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Peoples Bancorp’s current full-year earnings is $3.28 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Peoples Bancorp’s FY2026 earnings at $3.45 EPS.

Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The bank reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.73 by ($0.04). Peoples Bancorp had a return on equity of 11.07% and a net margin of 18.90%. The business had revenue of $113.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $112.76 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.85 earnings per share.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on Peoples Bancorp from $39.00 to $40.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Stephens lowered their target price on shares of Peoples Bancorp from $37.50 to $33.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Peoples Bancorp currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $36.00.

Peoples Bancorp Price Performance

NASDAQ PEBO opened at $28.84 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $29.53 and its 200 day moving average is $31.65. Peoples Bancorp has a fifty-two week low of $26.21 and a fifty-two week high of $37.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 0.83. The company has a market capitalization of $1.03 billion, a PE ratio of 8.71 and a beta of 0.63.

Peoples Bancorp Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 19th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 5th will be issued a $0.41 dividend. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 5th. This is an increase from Peoples Bancorp’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. Peoples Bancorp’s payout ratio is 52.06%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Carol A. Schneeberger sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.20, for a total value of $30,200.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 25,686 shares in the company, valued at $775,717.20. The trade was a 3.75 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 3.41% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Peoples Bancorp

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of PEBO. US Bancorp DE grew its holdings in Peoples Bancorp by 172.8% during the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,094 shares of the bank’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 693 shares in the last quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Peoples Bancorp by 815.7% during the fourth quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 1,108 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 987 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC increased its holdings in Peoples Bancorp by 42.0% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,252 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $38,000 after buying an additional 370 shares during the period. Spire Wealth Management bought a new position in Peoples Bancorp in the fourth quarter worth approximately $43,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in Peoples Bancorp by 1,426.3% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,610 shares of the bank’s stock worth $77,000 after buying an additional 2,439 shares in the last quarter. 60.68% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Peoples Bancorp

Peoples Bancorp Inc operates as the holding company for Peoples Bank that provides commercial and consumer banking products and services. The company accepts various deposit products, including demand deposit accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and governmental deposits; and provides commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, construction, finance, residential real estate, and consumer indirect and direct loans, as well as home equity lines of credit and overdrafts.