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Premier Financial (PFC) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
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Premier Financial (PFC - Free Report) reported $67.52 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2023, representing a year-over-year decline of 15.6%. EPS of $0.69 for the same period compares to $0.79 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.82% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $65.04 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.57, the EPS surprise was +21.05%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Premier Financial performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Efficiency Ratio: 56.5% versus the three-analyst average estimate of 56.1%.
Tax-equivalent net interest margin: 2.7% compared to the 2.7% average estimate based on three analysts.
Net charge-offs / average loans (annualized): 0% compared to the 0.1% average estimate based on two analysts.
Average Balances - Total interest-earning assets: $7.97 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $7.92 billion.
Tax-equivalent Net Interest Income: $54.32 million versus $52.99 million estimated by three analysts on average.
Total Non Interest Income: $13.25 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $12.16 million.
Service fees and other charges: $6.95 million compared to the $7.27 million average estimate based on two analysts.
Wealth management income: $1.51 million versus $1.59 million estimated by two analysts on average.
Income from Bank Owned Life Insurance: $1.05 million versus $1.01 million estimated by two analysts on average.
Other non-interest income: $0.22 million compared to the $0.14 million average estimate based on two analysts.
Shares of Premier Financial have returned -3.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -2.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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Premier Financial (PFC) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
Premier Financial (PFC - Free Report) reported $67.52 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2023, representing a year-over-year decline of 15.6%. EPS of $0.69 for the same period compares to $0.79 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.82% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $65.04 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.57, the EPS surprise was +21.05%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Premier Financial performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Efficiency Ratio: 56.5% versus the three-analyst average estimate of 56.1%.
- Tax-equivalent net interest margin: 2.7% compared to the 2.7% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Net charge-offs / average loans (annualized): 0% compared to the 0.1% average estimate based on two analysts.
- Average Balances - Total interest-earning assets: $7.97 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $7.92 billion.
- Tax-equivalent Net Interest Income: $54.32 million versus $52.99 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Total Non Interest Income: $13.25 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $12.16 million.
- Service fees and other charges: $6.95 million compared to the $7.27 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Wealth management income: $1.51 million versus $1.59 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Income from Bank Owned Life Insurance: $1.05 million versus $1.01 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Other non-interest income: $0.22 million compared to the $0.14 million average estimate based on two analysts.
View all Key Company Metrics for Premier Financial here>>>Shares of Premier Financial have returned -3.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -2.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.