Q3 Earnings Forecast for CIVB Issued By DA Davidson

Civista Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:CIVB) – Equities researchers at DA Davidson issued their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Civista Bancshares in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, October 20th. DA Davidson analyst J. Rulis forecasts that the bank will post earnings of $0.64 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Civista Bancshares’ current full-year earnings is $2.28 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Civista Bancshares’ FY2025 earnings at $2.63 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.50 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Civista Bancshares from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, June 28th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Civista Bancshares in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research upgraded Civista Bancshares from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, September 29th. Hovde Group cut Civista Bancshares from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $22.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Monday, August 18th. Finally, Stephens cut their price objective on shares of Civista Bancshares from $27.00 to $24.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Civista Bancshares has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $24.80.

Civista Bancshares Stock Up 3.7%

CIVB stock opened at $21.55 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $20.68 and its 200-day moving average price is $21.35. The stock has a market cap of $416.13 million, a P/E ratio of 8.52 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a quick ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35. Civista Bancshares has a twelve month low of $17.47 and a twelve month high of $25.59.

Civista Bancshares (NASDAQ:CIVB) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The bank reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.69 by ($0.03). Civista Bancshares had a return on equity of 9.77% and a net margin of 15.83%.The business had revenue of $41.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $43.07 million.

Insider Activity

In other Civista Bancshares news, Director Nathan E. Weaks acquired 2,000 shares of Civista Bancshares stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 30th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $19.88 per share, for a total transaction of $39,760.00. Following the purchase, the director owned 8,283 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $164,666.04. This represents a 31.83% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders have purchased a total of 3,500 shares of company stock valued at $69,085 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 2.60% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Civista Bancshares

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Strategic Value Bank Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Civista Bancshares during the third quarter valued at approximately $2,031,000. CWM LLC boosted its position in Civista Bancshares by 92.6% during the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 7,356 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $149,000 after buying an additional 3,537 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. bought a new stake in Civista Bancshares in the 3rd quarter worth $1,603,000. Caldwell Trust Co purchased a new position in shares of Civista Bancshares in the second quarter valued at about $32,000. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its position in shares of Civista Bancshares by 628.2% in the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 3,226 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $75,000 after acquiring an additional 2,783 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 52.10% of the company’s stock.

Civista Bancshares Company Profile

Civista Bancshares, Inc operates as the financial holding company for Civista Bank that provides community banking services. It collects a range of customer deposits; and offers commercial and agriculture, commercial and residential real estate, farm real estate, real estate construction, consumer, and other loans, as well as letters of credit.