Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) Projected to Post Earnings on Thursday

Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) is expected to release its Q3 2025 results before the market opens on Thursday, October 16th. Analysts expect Commerce Bancshares to post earnings of $1.09 per share and revenue of $447.0360 million for the quarter. Interested persons can find conference call details on the company’s upcoming Q3 2025 earningreport page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM ET.

Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.14 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.02 by $0.12. The company had revenue of $445.76 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $434.11 million. Commerce Bancshares had a net margin of 26.37% and a return on equity of 16.01%. The firm’s revenue was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.02 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect Commerce Bancshares to post $4 EPS for the current fiscal year and $4 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Commerce Bancshares Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CBSH opened at $58.88 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.13 and a beta of 0.59. Commerce Bancshares has a 1-year low of $52.69 and a 1-year high of $72.75. The company’s fifty day moving average is $60.31 and its two-hundred day moving average is $61.41.

Commerce Bancshares Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th were issued a dividend of $0.275 per share. This represents a $1.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 5th. Commerce Bancshares’s dividend payout ratio is 26.19%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Commerce Bancshares

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of CBSH. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd raised its position in shares of Commerce Bancshares by 172.4% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 405,531 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $25,212,000 after purchasing an additional 256,650 shares during the period. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC bought a new position in shares of Commerce Bancshares in the second quarter valued at approximately $10,331,000. Engineers Gate Manager LP bought a new position in shares of Commerce Bancshares in the second quarter valued at approximately $3,347,000. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Commerce Bancshares by 7.5% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 683,737 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $42,508,000 after purchasing an additional 47,611 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its position in shares of Commerce Bancshares by 2.0% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 865,052 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $53,780,000 after purchasing an additional 16,610 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 70.26% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have weighed in on CBSH. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on shares of Commerce Bancshares from $69.00 to $65.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, September 29th. TD Cowen began coverage on shares of Commerce Bancshares in a report on Thursday, September 25th. They issued a “hold” rating and a $63.00 price objective on the stock. Zacks Research cut shares of Commerce Bancshares from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 27th. Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of Commerce Bancshares from $69.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 24th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Commerce Bancshares in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $68.43.

About Commerce Bancshares

Commerce Bancshares, Inc operates as the bank holding company for Commerce Bank that provides retail, mortgage banking, corporate, investment, trust, and asset management products and services to individuals and businesses in the United States. It operates through three segments: Consumer, Commercial, and Wealth.