Analysts Set Expectations for Glacier Bancorp Q1 Earnings

Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GBCI) – Investment analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Glacier Bancorp in a note issued to investors on Monday, January 27th. DA Davidson analyst J. Rulis anticipates that the bank will earn $0.49 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Glacier Bancorp’s current full-year earnings is $1.73 per share.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Piper Sandler cut their price target on Glacier Bancorp from $57.00 to $54.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday. Truist Financial increased their price objective on shares of Glacier Bancorp from $50.00 to $53.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 28th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their target price on shares of Glacier Bancorp from $50.00 to $62.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Raymond James reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $55.00 price target (up previously from $52.00) on shares of Glacier Bancorp in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Glacier Bancorp currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $51.50.

Glacier Bancorp Price Performance

NASDAQ:GBCI opened at $50.10 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 0.80. The firm has a market cap of $5.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.93 and a beta of 0.81. Glacier Bancorp has a 52 week low of $34.35 and a 52 week high of $60.67. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $53.10 and its 200 day simple moving average is $48.69.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Glacier Bancorp

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of GBCI. Barclays PLC grew its holdings in shares of Glacier Bancorp by 65.6% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 247,717 shares of the bank’s stock worth $11,321,000 after purchasing an additional 98,158 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Glacier Bancorp by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,902,373 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $132,662,000 after buying an additional 41,160 shares during the last quarter. LMR Partners LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Glacier Bancorp in the third quarter valued at about $543,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its position in shares of Glacier Bancorp by 75.1% during the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 46,203 shares of the bank’s stock worth $2,111,000 after acquiring an additional 19,814 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Synovus Financial Corp lifted its stake in shares of Glacier Bancorp by 79.2% in the third quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 32,484 shares of the bank’s stock worth $1,485,000 after acquiring an additional 14,359 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.17% of the company’s stock.

Glacier Bancorp Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 10th were issued a dividend of $0.33 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 10th. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.63%. Glacier Bancorp’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 81.48%.

About Glacier Bancorp

Glacier Bancorp, Inc operates as the bank holding company for Glacier Bank that provides commercial banking services to individuals, small to medium-sized businesses, community organizations, and public entities in the United States. The company offers retail banking, business banking, and mortgage origination and loan servicing services.