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Community Bank System, Inc.

CBU

NYSE·Financial Services·Banks - Regional·Mkt cap $3.6B

$67.16

-1.88%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$51.12 - $69.12

P/E

16.34

Fwd P/E

14.02

Beta

0.80

Div Yield

2.75%

Avg Vol

279.2K

Shares Out

52.5M

Mkt Cap

$3.6B

Price action

Price chart

Up 15.7% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Established 158-year operating history with deep community relationships and brand recognition across Northeast
  • Diversified revenue streams beyond net interest income through employee benefit services and insurance operations
  • Geographic footprint across high-value markets in Upstate New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Massachusetts with 215+ facilities
  • Comprehensive financial services platform reducing customer acquisition costs and increasing wallet share

Bear Case

2 risks

  • Low volatility (beta 0.8).
  • Premium valuation to Commercial Banking peers

Growth

Stable outlook

Expansion of employee benefit services and retirement plan administration in growing markets

Value

Premium valuation to Commercial Banking peers

Momentum

Strong

+15.2% over 3m

Quality

Excellent

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Solid

2.75% yield

Earnings track record

Recent earnings results

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Apr 27, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

APR 29, 2026

Reported EPS of $1.09 vs $1.10 consensus (-0.9% surprise). Revenue of $213.7M vs $216.4M expected (-1.2%).

EPS miss
Revenue miss

EPS surprise · last 4Q

0 of 1 beats

Q2 26

-0.9%

Next: Apr 27, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+11%

+11%

+8%

+10%

-8%

+6%

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Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

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Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$183.8M

$188.9M

$196.3M

$243.7M

$247.4M

$256.2M

$181.5M

$258.6M

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

80.3%

Operating

28.9%

Profit

22.1%

Wall Street consensus

2 analysts · 0% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

0%

Hold

2

100%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$75.00

+11.7% vs $67.16

Low $75.00
Median $75.00
High $75.00

Latest: Piper Sandler · Apr 30, 2026

1 analyst covering

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How CBU stacks vs Banks - Regional

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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