Customers Bancorp advances founder-family leadership succession plan

Customers Bancorp ( (CUBI) ) has shared an update.

On December 31, 2025, Customers Bancorp’s board appointed Chief Executive Officer Sam Sidhu to the company’s Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2026, simultaneously expanding the board to 13 members and advancing a succession plan under which he succeeds founder Jay Sidhu as CEO while Jay becomes Executive Chairman. The company also entered into new employment agreements effective January 1, 2026 with both Jay and Sam Sidhu, setting higher base salaries, substantial long-term and short-term incentive opportunities, significant non-qualified SERP benefits, and robust severance and accelerated-vesting protections in the event of termination, particularly following a change in control, alongside restrictive covenants for Sam; additionally, the company confirmed the terms of a previously announced 225,000 performance-based restricted stock unit award to Sam tied to his CEO appointment, underscoring a long-term, performance-driven leadership transition that concentrates control within the founding family while aiming to ensure continuity, strategic stability and retention of top management for shareholders and other stakeholders.

The most recent analyst rating on (CUBI) stock is a Buy with a $79.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Customers Bancorp stock, see the CUBI Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on CUBI Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, CUBI is a Outperform.

Customers Bancorp’s overall stock score is driven by strong earnings call performance and positive technical indicators. Financial performance is solid, though revenue growth challenges persist. Valuation is fair, but the lack of a dividend yield is a drawback. Corporate events further bolster the company’s strategic position.

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More about Customers Bancorp

Customers Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: CUBI), based in West Reading, Pa., is one of the 80 largest U.S. bank holding companies with more than $24 billion in assets. Through Customers Bank, it offers technology-enabled commercial and consumer banking, including C&I, commercial real estate and multifamily lending, along with specialized national corporate banking services, delivered via a “single point of contact” service model. The bank has been repeatedly recognized for performance, including five consecutive years as a Top 10 Performing Bank by American Banker (2021–2025) and seven straight years on Forbes’ America’s Top 100 Banks list, and reports a Net Promoter Score significantly above the industry average.

Average Trading Volume: 329,377

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: $2.55B

See more data about CUBI stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.