Piper Sandler Assumes Community Financial System (CBU) at Neutral

Piper Sandler analyst Manuel Navas assumes coverage on Community Financial System (NYSE: CBU) with a Neutral rating and a price target of $62.00.

The analyst comments: "We wait for a better entry point as there is core bank momentum here from better loan growth (MSD-HSDs growth in last 3 years) and an unlocked B/S (~$1B securities runoff through ’27E) that should accelerate EPS growth (+19.0% Y/Y in ’26E and +15.5% in ’27E). We believe MSDs loan growth continues with further NIM upside as ~$1B of securities at a low 1.69% yield mature by ’27E. The securities CFs (w/ another
$1.1B in ’28-’29) can fund higher yielding loan growth, securities reinvestment, and/ or pay off higher cost borrowings. A large securities book with minimal CFs over the last several years (25.8% of assets) has weighed on NIM expansion for a bank with a low 76.5% L/D ratio."

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Shares of Community Financial System closed at $57.72 yesterday.

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