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Glacier Bancorp
(NYSE:GBCI)
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Rating:67Neutral
Price Target:
$55.00
â–²(16.57% Upside)
Action:Downgraded
Date:08/05/26
Overall score reflects solid fundamentals and a strong, upbeat earnings update (margin expansion, strong EPS growth, better efficiency, and sound credit), balanced by only moderate underlying financial statement strength (ROE and margin still below prior peaks, cash flow consistency uneven). Technicals are mixed with mild longer-term uptrend but weak short-term momentum, and valuation is reasonable rather than clearly cheap with a moderate dividend yield.
Positive Factors
Core earnings and margin expansion
Improving net interest income and margin indicate stronger spread economics from loan pricing and funding-cost control. Management expects NIM to exceed 4% by early Q4, supporting durable earnings growth if the funding mix remains stable.
Negative Factors
ROE and margins remain below prior peaks
Although earnings are improving, the moderate ROE shows that Glacier has not fully restored its earlier level of capital productivity. Margin normalization or weaker asset yields could limit long-term earnings leverage and shareholder returns.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Core earnings and margin expansion
Improving net interest income and margin indicate stronger spread economics from loan pricing and funding-cost control. Management expects NIM to exceed 4% by early Q4, supporting durable earnings growth if the funding mix remains stable.
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Glacier Bancorp (GBCI) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$6.14B
Dividend Yield2.79%
Average Volume (3M)909.33K
Price to Earnings (P/E)19.1
Beta (1Y)0.88
Revenue Growth20.01%
EPS Growth26.97%
CountryUS
Employees4,125
SectorFinancial
Sector Strength70
IndustryBanks - Regional
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)2.47
Shares Outstanding130,211,960
10 Day Avg. Volume920,525
30 Day Avg. Volume909,326
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio1.16
Price to Book (P/B)1.36
Price to Sales (P/S)4.02
P/FCF Ratio16.47
Enterprise Value/Market Cap<0.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue<0.01
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit<0.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda<0.01
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$58.67Price Target Upside24.35% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering3
EPS Forecast (FY)3.07
Revenue Forecast (FY)$1.30B
Glacier Bancorp Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
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. It offers re...
How the Company Makes Money
Glacier Bancorp primarily makes money through banking spread and fee-based services. The core earnings driver is net interest income: it collects interest on loans and other interest-earning assets (such as commercial loans, real estate loans, and...
Glacier Bancorp Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Jul 23, 2026
(Q2-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Oct 15, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call conveyed strong operating and financial momentum driven by loan growth, margin expansion, improved funding costs, solid PPNR expansion, and disciplined expense control. Credit metrics remain sound and management is actively redeploying capital into loans and securities. Noted challenges were largely manageable and included a modest uptick in nonperforming assets, temporary margin headwinds from timing items, a slight sequential dip in average earning assets due to prior deleveraging, ongoing rational but present deposit competition, and continued monitoring of the agriculture sector. Management retained conservative H2 expense guidance and is keeping capital return options open while monitoring macro and M&A activity.Positive Updates
Strong Quarterly and Year-over-Year Earnings
Net income of $97.9 million in Q2 2026, up 19% sequentially and up 85% year-over-year; diluted EPS of $0.75, up 19% sequentially and up 67% year-over-year.
Negative Updates
Modest Increase in Nonperforming Assets
Nonperforming assets increased modestly during the quarter, though they remained low as a percentage of subsidiary assets.
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Q2-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Strong Quarterly and Year-over-Year Earnings
Net income of $97.9 million in Q2 2026, up 19% sequentially and up 85% year-over-year; diluted EPS of $0.75, up 19% sequentially and up 67% year-over-year.
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Company Guidance
Management's guidance emphasized continued margin and balance-sheet momentum: deposit costs should remain stable with core deposit cost (including non‑interest bearing) at a ~1.18% spot and total funding cost at 1.33%; tax‑equivalent NIM is expected to exceed 4% by early Q4 and normalize in a 4.0–4.5% range longer term; earning assets are expected to grow in Q3–Q4 after Q2 (loans ended Q2 at $21.4B, up $330M QoQ or ~6% annualized; loan production yields remain >6.5%), average deposits were $24.5B (period‑end $24.7B) with noninterest‑bearing deposits ~30% of total, and the bank purchased roughly $250M of securities in Q2 and will continue reinvesting; expense guidance was reiterated at $187–$192M per quarter (operating efficiency improved to 56.21% from 63.05%), PPNR was $130.8M, Q2 net income $97.9M (EPS $0.75), allowance for credit losses 1.22% of loans, dividend maintained at $0.33, and capital remains strong with flexibility on returns and M&A.Glacier Bancorp Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
72
Positive
Balance Sheet
68
Positive
Cash Flow
63
Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 1.54B | 1.43B | 1.25B | 1.12B | 933.37M | 812.73M |
| Gross Profit | 1.14B | 983.04M | 781.72M | 774.64M | 872.14M | 771.10M |
| EBITDA | 457.48M | 365.01M | 267.97M | 304.75M | 406.77M | 381.48M |
| Net Income | 311.69M | 239.03M | 190.14M | 222.93M | 303.20M | 284.76M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 31.60B | 31.98B | 27.90B | 27.74B | 26.64B | 25.94B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 353.75M | 4.33B | 4.55B | 6.14B | 5.71B | 9.61B |
| Total Debt | 2.19B | 2.90B | 3.79B | 4.44B | 2.96B | 1.20B |
| Total Liabilities | 27.29B | 27.76B | 24.68B | 24.72B | 23.79B | 22.76B |
| Stockholders Equity | 4.31B | 4.21B | 3.22B | 3.02B | 2.84B | 3.18B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 396.45M | 347.55M | 209.76M | 451.43M | 436.90M | 562.61M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 444.55M | 374.40M | 258.04M | 500.71M | 470.66M | 572.05M |
| Investing Cash Flow | 867.65M | 1.06B | 493.14M | -207.49M | -1.35B | -3.91B |
| Financing Cash Flow | -1.24B | -1.05B | -1.26B | 659.12M | 845.43M | 3.14B |
Glacier Bancorp Risk Analysis
Glacier Bancorp disclosed 29 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Glacier Bancorp reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Glacier Bancorp Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (68)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
81 Outperform | $5.61B | 8.16 | 11.21% | 3.70% | -0.40% | -1.91% | |
81 Outperform | $5.97B | 12.16 | 11.01% | 2.68% | 1.86% | 10.69% | |
76 Outperform | $7.79B | 11.53 | 8.88% | 3.07% | 1.17% | 51.80% | |
75 Outperform | $8.69B | 12.18 | 9.22% | 4.72% | 20.84% | -0.60% | |
74 Outperform | $6.52B | 10.94 | 8.94% | 2.57% | 2.88% | 30.47% | |
68 Neutral | $18.00B | 11.42 | 9.92% | 3.81% | 9.73% | 1.22% | |
67 Neutral | $6.14B | 19.14 | 7.61% | 2.63% | 20.01% | 26.97% |
* Financial Sector Average
GBCI
Glacier Bancorp
47.27
-0.17
-0.36%
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Glacier Bancorp Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyFinancial Disclosures
Glacier Bancorp Highlights Strategy and Growth Outlook
Positive
Aug 3, 2026
On August 3, 2026, Glacier Bancorp, Inc. reported to investors on its strategy and performance, highlighting its ambition to remain the premier banking franchise in the Mountain West and Southwest by combining local decision-making with big-bank c...
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