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UMB Financial Corporation UMBF

$130.94 +0.89% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $9.94B

Strong growthInexpensive vs sector

Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Revenue over the last four quarters was $4.56B, up 41.6% from a year earlier, slowing from 56.7% a quarter earlier.
  2. Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 7 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +14.2%).
  3. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $12.01, up 38.0% year over year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth88Strong

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 9%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 28%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 27%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 9%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 12%
Quality38Weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 46%
  • Gross marginBottom 34%
  • Operating marginTop 49%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 50%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 45%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 40%
  • Interest coverBottom 37%
Value84Strong

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 22%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 31%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 34%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 40%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 26%
Momentum52Neutral

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 36%
  • 6-month returnTop 31%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 43%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 35%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 48%
Revisions95Exceptional

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 18%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 16%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 38%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 23%
Stability30Weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 48%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 41%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 19%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 40%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)56.7%41.6%↓
EPS growth (YoY)41.8%38.0%↓
Gross margin54.6%58.5%↑
Operating margin20.1%22.1%↑
FCF margin20.7%23.3%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)41.6%56.7%↓Top 9%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)38.0%41.8%↓Top 28%
Gross margin58.5%54.6%↑Bottom 34%
Operating margin22.1%20.1%↑Top 49%
Net margin20.7%16.4%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin23.3%20.7%↑—
Return on invested capital1.1%—Bottom 46%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR41.1%—Top 9%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.16×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-0.2%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.9%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-141.6 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
2.40×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
0.7×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
1.53%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.01%
Shareholder yield
1.54%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.2%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+16.2%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
7
Beats in the last 8 reports
7 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+14.2%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.9%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$166.40
Target vs current price
+27.1%
Analysts with a rating
19
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
58%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 28, 2026+14.4%+2.1%+4.3%+2.1%—
Apr 28, 2026+20.9%+1.0%+4.2%+8.2%+12.0%
Jan 27, 2026+13.7%+1.9%+4.5%-2.4%+0.1%
Oct 28, 2025+8.0%-0.1%-4.6%-2.9%+9.5%
Jul 29, 2025+24.9%+0.2%+1.5%+10.7%+2.7%
Apr 29, 2025+17.8%+2.0%+5.3%+9.8%+12.6%
Jan 28, 2025+10.7%+0.4%-6.5%-11.7%-21.3%
Oct 29, 2024-0.5%-0.4%+0.9%+19.2%+13.1%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 28, 2026$3.57$3.12+14.4%$778.0M
Apr 28, 2026$3.41$2.82+20.9%$739.2M
Jan 27, 2026$3.08$2.71+13.7%$720.9M
Oct 28, 2025$2.70$2.50+8.0%$1.09B
Jul 29, 2025$2.96$2.37+24.9%$633.2M
Apr 29, 2025$2.58$2.19+17.8%$510.2M
Jan 28, 2025$2.49$2.25+10.7%$394.2M
Oct 29, 2024$2.19$2.20-0.5%$363.9M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)10.9×11.2×29thTop 22%
P/E (forward)9.9×———
EV / EBITDA11.0×——Top 34%
EV / Sales2.79×——Top 40%
Free-cash-flow yield10.70%——Top 31%
Earnings yield9.17%——Top 22%

P/E over the past five years

Range 6.7× – 13.7× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+10.7%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+38.0%
Change in P/E multiple
-4.1%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
1
50-day average slope (20 days)
-2.2%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+1.9%
Distance from 50-day average
-7.6%
Distance from 200-day average
+0.7%
RSI (14)
32.9
Relative volume
0.95×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
20.2%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
0th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
1.04
Correlation with S&P 500
0.55
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-13.9%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-32.3%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jan 14, 2022May 4, 2023-51.3%326 days366 days (Oct 17, 2024)
Nov 25, 2024Apr 11, 2025-32.3%93 days202 days (Feb 2, 2026)
Feb 6, 2026Mar 27, 2026-18.9%34 days40 days (May 26, 2026)
May 14, 2021Jul 19, 2021-14.7%44 days54 days (Oct 4, 2021)
Aug 14, 2026Oct 1, 2026-14.6%33 daysNot yet recovered

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$9.94B
P/E (TTM)
10.9
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$12.01
Revenue (TTM)
$4.56B
Dividend yield
1.37%
52-week range
$103.38 – $153.32
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$1.24B$1.58B$2.24B$2.64B$4.44B
Gross profit$1.18B$1.32B$1.28B$1.41B$2.42B
Operating income$429.1M$532.0M$421.6M$541.3M$900.0M
Net income$353.0M$431.7M$350.0M$441.2M$702.4M
EPS (diluted)$7.24$8.86$7.18$8.99$9.13
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$674.3M$680.2M$850.5M$1.02B$1.49B$1.09B$867.1M$1.12B
Net income$109.6M$120.0M$81.3M$217.4M$188.3M$215.4M$261.4M$277.6M
EPS (diluted)$2.23$2.44$1.21$2.82$2.36$2.74$3.35$3.56
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$534.1M$769.6M$472.6M$225.3M$1.03B
Capital expenditure-$33.7M-$51.7M-$26.9M-$24.2M-$48.6M
Free cash flow$500.4M$717.8M$445.7M$201.1M$978.1M
Dividends paid-$66.8M-$72.0M-$74.2M-$77.1M-$135.6M
Net share buybacks-$5.5M-$32.0M-$8.4M-$7.7M$103.8M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$779.9M
Total assets
$72.26B
Total liabilities
$64.22B
Total debt
$3.56B
Net debt
$2.78B
Shareholders’ equity
$8.03B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Sep 10, 2026$0.50Oct 1, 2026
Jun 10, 2026$0.43Jul 1, 2026
Mar 10, 2026$0.43Apr 1, 2026
Dec 10, 2025$0.43Jan 2, 2026
Sep 10, 2025$0.40Oct 1, 2025
Jun 10, 2025$0.40Jul 1, 2025
Mar 10, 2025$0.40Apr 1, 2025
Dec 10, 2024$0.40Jan 2, 2025

Short interest

Shares sold short
3,634,556
Days to cover
6.72
Change vs previous report
+6.1%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

May 31, 2006
2-for-1
Dec 10, 2001
21-for-20
Dec 9, 1999
11-for-10
Dec 9, 1997
21-for-20
Dec 9, 1996
21-for-20