What is DA Davidson’s Forecast for U.S. Bancorp Q2 Earnings?

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) – Stock analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of U.S. Bancorp in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, April 17th. DA Davidson analyst P. Winter expects that the financial services provider will post earnings of $1.07 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a “Buy” rating and a $49.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for U.S. Bancorp’s current full-year earnings is $4.38 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for U.S. Bancorp’s FY2025 earnings at $4.34 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.77 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of U.S. Bancorp from $65.00 to $55.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 24th. Piper Sandler dropped their target price on U.S. Bancorp from $49.00 to $48.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Bank of America decreased their price target on U.S. Bancorp from $50.00 to $49.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 17th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price objective on U.S. Bancorp from $54.00 to $49.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on shares of U.S. Bancorp from $56.00 to $50.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $50.66.

U.S. Bancorp Price Performance

Shares of USB stock opened at $38.21 on Friday. U.S. Bancorp has a 1 year low of $35.18 and a 1 year high of $53.98. The company has a current ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $42.55 and its 200-day moving average is $46.77. The firm has a market capitalization of $59.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.08, a PEG ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 0.91.

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $6.96 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.92 billion. U.S. Bancorp had a net margin of 14.75% and a return on equity of 12.94%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.78 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of USB. FIL Ltd boosted its position in U.S. Bancorp by 42.0% during the 4th quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 28,872 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,381,000 after acquiring an additional 8,542 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of U.S. Bancorp in the fourth quarter worth $1,018,000. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in U.S. Bancorp by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 138,836,896 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $6,640,569,000 after purchasing an additional 1,079,056 shares during the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp grew its position in U.S. Bancorp by 36.9% in the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 1,158,848 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $55,427,000 after purchasing an additional 312,504 shares in the last quarter. Finally, D.A. Davidson & CO. increased its stake in U.S. Bancorp by 11.3% in the 4th quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 380,767 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $18,212,000 after buying an additional 38,802 shares during the last quarter. 77.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at U.S. Bancorp

In other news, insider Terrance R. Dolan sold 66,317 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $46.96, for a total transaction of $3,114,246.32. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 209,482 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,837,274.72. This represents a 24.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Jodi L. Richard sold 30,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $47.59, for a total transaction of $1,427,700.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 99,790 shares in the company, valued at $4,749,006.10. This represents a 23.11 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 219,812 shares of company stock valued at $10,385,665 over the last 90 days. 0.23% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

U.S. Bancorp Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st were issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 31st. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.23%. U.S. Bancorp’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 52.77%.

About U.S. Bancorp

U.S. Bancorp, a financial services holding company, provides various financial services to individuals, businesses, institutional organizations, governmental entities, and other financial institutions in the United States. It operates through Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking; Consumer and Business Banking; Payment Services; and Treasury and Corporate Support segments.