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Piper Sandler's Matthew Clark raised their price target on Trico Bancshares (NASDAQ: TCBK) by 3.5% from $57 to $59 on 2026/01/26. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.

TriCo Bancshares reported its Q4 and FY 2025 earnings.

Raising their price target, Clark said they hiked their 2026/2027 EPS estimates from $4.10/$4.15 to $4.16/$4.20 because of a higher net interest margin.

Earnings Report

TriCo Bancshares reported:

For Q4 2025:

• EPS of $1.03, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.01 and Q4 2024's $0.88.
• Revenue of $109.4M, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $107.4M and was up 9% Y/Y.

For FY 2025:

• EPS of $3.70, up from FY 2024's #3.46.
• Revenue of $419.2M, up from FY 2024's $395.8M.

Management did not provide financial guidance in its press release.

Chairman & CEO Rick Smith commented: “The strong performance trajectory that we close 2025 and start 2026 gives us good reason to be optimistic about our future.

"TriCo's foundation, built with exceptional employees and customers, consistently allows us to navigate a broad range of challenges and opportunities with confidence.

"Execution of our long-term strategies remains our primary focus, and we believe that alignment between the current economic outlook and our market positioning will be beneficial to the realization of our priorities.”