Prosperity Bancshares (PB)
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Rating:73Outperform
Price Target:
$77.00
â–²(9.92% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:04/29/26
PB scores well on solid financial fundamentals (profitability and improved leverage) and attractive valuation (low P/E with a healthy dividend). The main constraint is near-term risk from acquisition integration: elevated expenses/efficiency pressure, a notable asset-quality shock in the quarter, and weak organic growth, while technicals are mildly supportive rather than strongly bullish.
Positive Factors
Improved leverage and balance-sheet strength
Debt-to-equity falling to about 0.28 by 2025 materially strengthens the bank's capital cushion. Durable lower leverage increases loss-absorption, preserves regulatory flexibility, supports opportunistic buybacks and organic lending capacity, and reduces chance of forced capital actions over months.
Negative Factors
Integration costs and efficiency deterioration
Elevated merger-related expenses and a materially worse efficiency ratio indicate multi-quarter drag on profitability. Until cost synergies are realized and efficiency returns to mid-40s, higher operating expenses will compress long-term operating leverage and delay accretion from acquisitions.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Improved leverage and balance-sheet strength
Debt-to-equity falling to about 0.28 by 2025 materially strengthens the bank's capital cushion. Durable lower leverage increases loss-absorption, preserves regulatory flexibility, supports opportunistic buybacks and organic lending capacity, and reduces chance of forced capital actions over months.
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Prosperity Bancshares (PB) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$6.92B
Dividend Yield3.31%
Average Volume (3M)908.67K
Price to Earnings (P/E)14.4
Beta (1Y)0.62
Revenue Growth-0.62%
EPS Growth5.42%
CountryUS
Employees3,898
SectorFinancial
Sector Strength70
IndustryBanks - Regional
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)5.73
Shares Outstanding100,834,690
10 Day Avg. Volume1,120,214
30 Day Avg. Volume908,671
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.91
Price to Book (P/B)0.86
Price to Sales (P/S)3.76
P/FCF Ratio12.64
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.14
Enterprise Value/Revenue4.59
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit6.42
Enterprise Value/Ebitda9.26
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$77.90Price Target Upside11.21% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering10
EPS Forecast (FY)5.51
Revenue Forecast (FY)$1.74B
Prosperity Bancshares Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. operates as bank holding company for the Prosperity Bank that provides financial products and services to businesses and consumers. It accepts various deposit products, such as demand, savings, money market, and time ac...
How the Company Makes Money
Prosperity Bancshares makes money primarily through its banking subsidiary by earning interest and fees on financial products and services. The largest earnings driver is net interest income: the bank collects interest on loans and investment secu...
Prosperity Bancshares Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Apr 29, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Jul 29, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Neutral
The call presented a balanced picture: strong strategic progress (multiple completed deals and a system conversion), meaningful balance-sheet growth driven by acquisitions, net interest margin and net interest income expansion, and continued capital flexibility including share repurchases. Offsetting these positives were sizable one-time merger expenses, a sharp increase in noninterest expense and the efficiency ratio, record quarterly net charge-offs concentrated in two credits, and weak organic loan growth excluding acquisition-related balances. Management provided forward guidance around margin expansion, expense targets (Q2) and integration timelines, but acknowledged near-term runoff and competitive pressures. Taken together the positives from M&A-driven scale, margin improvement, and capital position are meaningful but are substantially counterbalanced by integration costs and the asset-quality shock in the quarter.Positive Updates
Completed strategic M&A and system conversion
Closed mergers with American Bank Holding (effective Jan 1, 2026) and Southwest Bancshares (Feb 1, 2026); received regulatory approvals for Stellar Bancorp and expect close on July 1, 2026. Completed a core system (DNA) conversion in February 2026. Operational integration timelines announced: American operational integration scheduled for September 2026, Southwest for November 2026, and Stellar integration planning underway.
Negative Updates
Reported net income and EPS decline (GAAP)
Reported net income declined to $116M in Q1 2026 from $130M in Q1 2025 (≈ -10.8%); reported diluted EPS fell to $1.16 from $1.37 YoY. The decline reflects merger-related charges ($42.5M) and other integration impacts.
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Completed strategic M&A and system conversion
Closed mergers with American Bank Holding (effective Jan 1, 2026) and Southwest Bancshares (Feb 1, 2026); received regulatory approvals for Stellar Bancorp and expect close on July 1, 2026. Completed a core system (DNA) conversion in February 2026. Operational integration timelines announced: American operational integration scheduled for September 2026, Southwest for November 2026, and Stellar integration planning underway.
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Company Guidance
Management's guidance was that Q2 noninterest expense should be $176–$180 million (excludes any additional one‑time merger charges), Q2 fair‑value loan accretion is expected at $3–$4 million, and the NIM should be roughly flat to slightly higher (Q1 tax‑equivalent NIM was 3.51%); on a pro‑forma basis including Stellar they model a 2026 average NIM of ~3.60% with an exit NIM of ~3.70% (commentary referenced ~3.8% for 2027), combined cost of deposits around 1.40% (Q1 cost of funds 1.45%, cost of deposits 1.32%), core noninterest‑bearing deposits 32.4% of total, bond portfolio modified duration 3.8 with ~ $2.1 billion projected annual cash flows and roughly $1.4 billion of recent securities bought at ~4.50–4.85%, warehouse lending averaging about $1.25–$1.30 billion in Q2, a goal to return the efficiency ratio to the mid‑40s (Q1 efficiency 59.2% including merger charges, 47.6% excluding them), and continued capital flexibility (buybacks) with an estimated ~50 bps potential Basel III mortgage benefit to capital.Prosperity Bancshares Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
74
Positive
Balance Sheet
77
Positive
Cash Flow
69
Positive
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 1.74B | 1.74B | 1.56B | 1.20B | 1.15B |
| Gross Profit | 1.25B | 1.14B | 1.05B | 1.11B | 1.10B |
| EBITDA | 849.15M | 647.39M | 565.42M | 694.47M | 689.30M |
| Net Income | 542.84M | 479.39M | 419.32M | 524.52M | 519.30M |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 38.46B | 39.57B | 38.55B | 37.69B | 37.83B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 12.28B | 12.95B | 896.74M | 880.33M | 3.06B |
| Total Debt | 2.15B | 3.42B | 4.03B | 4.13B | 448.10M |
| Total Liabilities | 30.85B | 32.13B | 31.47B | 30.99B | 31.41B |
| Stockholders Equity | 7.62B | 7.44B | 7.08B | 6.70B | 6.43B |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | 516.98M | 451.55M | 612.20M | 464.11M | 675.71M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 549.51M | 472.69M | 646.36M | 506.53M | 694.73M |
| Investing Cash Flow | 773.91M | 1.98B | 1.09B | -1.96B | -2.72B |
| Financing Cash Flow | -1.55B | -940.22M | -1.71B | -666.75M | 3.23B |
Prosperity Bancshares Technical Analysis
Positive
70.05
Price Trends
68.79
Positive
69.44
Positive
67.69
Positive
Market Momentum
0.52
Negative
62.83
Neutral
77.32
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For PB, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 70.05 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 67.50, above the 50-day MA of 68.79, and above the 200-day MA of 67.69, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 0.52 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 62.83 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 77.32 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for PB.
Prosperity Bancshares Risk Analysis
Prosperity Bancshares disclosed 46 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Prosperity Bancshares 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
Prosperity Bancshares Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (68)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
79 Outperform | $5.43B | 7.77 | 11.63% | 3.68% | 0.67% | 0.49% | |
73 Outperform | $6.92B | 14.42 | 6.80% | 3.31% | -0.62% | 5.42% | |
69 Neutral | $8.08B | 12.34 | 10.32% | 1.93% | -2.53% | 13.80% | |
69 Neutral | $5.36B | 11.22 | 11.29% | 2.85% | 0.57% | 15.88% | |
68 Neutral | $18.00B | 11.42 | 9.92% | 3.81% | 9.73% | 1.22% |
* Financial Sector Average
PB
Prosperity Bancshares
68.58
0.93
1.38%
OZK
Bank OZK
47.90
5.45
12.84%
BOKF
Bok Financial
133.00
39.58
42.36%
HOMB
Home Bancshares
26.54
-1.03
-3.72%
Prosperity Bancshares Corporate Events
Executive/Board ChangesShareholder Meetings
Prosperity Bancshares Shareholders Back Directors and Governance
Positive
Apr 23, 2026
On April 21, 2026, Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders, with 84.32% of eligible common stock represented in person or by proxy, and elected four Class I directors—Kevin J. Hanigan, William T. Luedke IV, Perry ...
Business Operations and StrategyM&A TransactionsRegulatory Filings and ComplianceShareholder Meetings
Prosperity Bancshares Gains Key Approvals for Stellar Acquisition
Positive
Apr 22, 2026
On April 22, 2026, Prosperity Bancshares and Stellar Bancorp announced they had received all required regulatory approvals, including a waiver from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and clearances from the FDIC and Texas Department of Banking, fo...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board ChangesM&A Transactions
Prosperity Bancshares completes Texas Partners Bank acquisition
Positive
Feb 2, 2026
On February 2, 2026, Prosperity Bancshares announced it had completed the acquisition of Southwest Bancshares, Inc. and the merger of Southwest’s subsidiary, Texas Partners Bank, into Prosperity Bank, effective February 1, 2026. Under the me...
Business Operations and StrategyM&A Transactions
Prosperity Bancshares Announces Merger Agreement With Stellar Bancorp
Positive
Jan 29, 2026
On January 27, 2026, Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger to acquire Stellar Bancorp, Inc., under which Stellar will merge into Prosperity, followed by the merger of Stellar Bank into Prosperity Bank, ...
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