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DA Davidson's Gary Tenner raised their price target on United Community Banks (NYSE: UCB) by 2.6% from $38 to $39 on 2026/01/15. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.

United Community Banks reported its Q4 and FY 2025 earnings.

Hiking their price target in response, Tenner posited that the bank looks set for revenue and EPS growth through 2026 and 2027 based on a stronger-than-expected Q4 2025 net interest margin that is projected to continue its upward trajectory in 2026 on the likelihood that positive repricing dynamics on both sides of the balance sheet will continue.

Earnings Report

United Community Banks reported:

For Q4 2025:

• EPS of $0.71, which missed the Zacks consensus Estimate of $0.73 but beat, by 12.7%, Q4 2024’s $0.63.
• Revenue of $278.39M, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $273.8M and, by 11%, Q4 2024’s $250.86M.

For FY 2025:

• EPS of $2.71, up 18% Y/Y
• Revenue of $1.06B, up 12% Y/Y.

Management did not provide EPS and revenue guidance in its press release.

Chairman and CEO Lynn Harton commented: “Q4 marks a great ending to a rewarding year.

“Our teams delivered healthy loan growth for all of 2025, leading to improvement in our earning asset mix. 

“That improvement, combined with our focus on deposit pricing, drove a 36 bps expansion in our net interest margin year over year, with four basis points of improvement coming in Q4. 

“All our key performance metrics improved significantly when compared to 2024. 

“Believing this performance will continue, we took the opportunity to repurchase 1M common shares at an average price of $29.84 per share and redeem $35M of senior debt in Q4.

“United is well-positioned for another great year in 2026. 

“Economic conditions in our markets remain strong and our team continues to execute well in all our lines of business.”