U.S. Bancorp · USB · FY2025 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2025

U.S. Bancorp beats as fees and operating leverage accelerate

The quarter supports a constructive view of U.S. Bancorp's earnings trajectory: fee diversification, consumer-deposit growth, and expense discipline strengthened results, while maintained guidance and execution risks temper the outlook.

Reported Before market openNYSEFinancial Services $89.59B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $1.22 Consensus $1.13
EPS surprise +8.0% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $7.30B Consensus $7.17B
Revenue surprise +1.9% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -1.7% Event window
SPY move -0.7% Same window
Abnormal move -1.0% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.3× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +3.6% Up to 20 sessions
USBSPY benchmark

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What changed

Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, U.S. Bancorp delivered a stronger reported quarter, with higher EPS growth, record net revenue, faster fee growth, and greater operating leverage. Management also provided more detail on the payments strategy and stablecoin pilot while maintaining guidance.

Guidance delta

Maintained. Q4 assumptions include flat net interest income, approximately $3 billion of fee revenue, and more than 200 bps of operating leverage.

Key takeaways

  • Q3 EPS beat expectations with 18% year-over-year growth and record $7.3 billion net revenue.
  • Fee revenue increased 9.5% year over year, led by payments, institutional, and consumer businesses.
  • Operating leverage improved by 530 basis points; management cited a 57.2% efficiency ratio and 10.9% CET1 ratio.
  • Payments transformation, Impact Finance, consumer deposits, and stablecoin initiatives remain central to the growth narrative.

Management priorities

  • Advance the payments strategy and upcoming product launches
  • Pilot stablecoin custody and payment-rail services later this year
  • Expand Impact Finance and tax-credit syndication
  • Grow consumer deposits and cross-selling
  • Maintain expense discipline through four productivity programs

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
USB EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $0.88 Q1 '24 actual $0.90, beat Q2 '24 estimate $0.94 Q2 '24 actual $0.98, beat Q3 '24 estimate $0.99 Q3 '24 actual $1.03, beat Q2 '25 estimate $1.07 Q2 '25 actual $1.11, beat Q3 '25 estimate $1.13 Q3 '25 actual $1.22, beat Q4 '25 estimate $1.19 Q4 '25 actual $1.26, beat Q1 '26 estimate $1.14 Q1 '26 actual $1.18, beat Q2 '26 estimate $1.28 Q2 '26 actual $1.35, beat Q3 '26 estimate $1.31 Q4 '26 estimate $1.39 Q1 '27 estimate $1.31 Q2 '27 estimate $1.45
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold49 ratings
Bullish2551.0%
Neutral2244.9%
Bearish24.1%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$57.51Current
$42Low
$62.14Average
$76High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 4, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
JP Morgan Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 2, 2026
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainOct 1, 2026
Evercore ISI Group Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 1, 2026
HSBC Buy BuyMaintainSep 28, 2026
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainAug 24, 2026
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 17, 2026
Stephens & Co. Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainJul 17, 2026
Oppenheimer Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 17, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Market Perform Market PerformMaintainJul 17, 2026
DA Davidson Buy BuyMaintainJul 17, 2026
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 17, 2026
Baird Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 17, 2026
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 7, 2026
Jefferies Buy HoldUpgradeJul 6, 2026
Morgan Stanley Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainJun 29, 2026
Argus Research Buy BuyMaintainJan 22, 2026
TD Cowen Buy BuyMaintainJan 21, 2026
Wolfe Research Peer Perform OutperformDowngradeJan 7, 2026
Citigroup Buy BuyMaintainOct 17, 2025
B of A Securities Buy BuyMaintainOct 17, 2025
Raymond James Strong Buy OutperformUpgradeJul 7, 2025
Goldman Sachs Neutral NeutralMaintainJun 10, 2025
Piper Sandler Overweight OverweightMaintainApr 17, 2025
Compass Point Buy BuyMaintainDec 10, 2024
Deutsche Bank Hold BuyDowngradeOct 24, 2024
Odeon Capital Buy HoldUpgradeDec 14, 2023
Wedbush Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 20, 2023
Credit Suisse Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 20, 2023
Nomura Buy NeutralUpgradeApr 16, 2020
Bank of America Underperform NeutralDowngradeSep 30, 2019
Macquarie Neutral OutperformDowngradeAug 1, 2019
Argus Buy HoldUpgradeMay 5, 2018
Edward Jones Hold BuyDowngradeApr 3, 2018
PiperJaffray Overweight NeutralUpgradeJan 5, 2018
Atlantic Equities Neutral OverweightDowngradeDec 21, 2016
Susquehanna Neutral PositiveDowngradeDec 1, 2016
CLSA Underperform UnderperformMaintainSep 23, 2016
Keefe Bruyette & Woods Market Perform Market PerformMaintainJul 5, 2016
Guggenheim Neutral BuyDowngradeApr 6, 2016
Portales Partners Outperform Sector PerformUpgradeAug 25, 2015
Sandler O'Neil Hold BuyDowngradeApr 2, 2014
S&P Capital IQ Hold BuyDowngradeJan 22, 2014
Hilliard Lyons Buy NeutralUpgradeJul 18, 2013
BMO Capital Market Perform Market PerformMaintainApr 17, 2013
Stifel Nicolaus Buy HoldUpgradeFeb 11, 2013
Stifel Buy HoldUpgradeFeb 11, 2013
Sterne Agee Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 18, 2012
ISI Group Hold HoldMaintainOct 17, 2012
Bank oferica Buy BuyMaintainApr 18, 2012
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $57.51. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Truist FinancialJohn McDonald$67$56.27 +16.5%Oct 1, 2026
HSBCAnalyst unavailable$76$58.96 +32.2%Sep 28, 2026
RBC CapitalGerard Cassidy$68$62.32 +18.2%Aug 24, 2026
Evercore ISIJohn Pancari$72$63.52 +25.2%Jul 20, 2026
BTIGAnalyst unavailable$67.5$63.14 +17.4%Jul 20, 2026
CLSAAnalyst unavailable$67.5$63.14 +17.4%Jul 20, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$69$64.24 +20.0%Jul 17, 2026
D.A. DavidsonPeter Winter$74$64.01 +28.7%Jul 17, 2026
StephensAnalyst unavailable$67$64.01 +16.5%Jul 17, 2026
Robert W. BairdAnalyst unavailable$68$64.01 +18.2%Jul 17, 2026
BarclaysJason Goldberg$75$64.01 +30.4%Jul 17, 2026
Raymond JamesMichael Rose$72$62.89 +25.2%Jul 8, 2026
UBSErika Najarian$66$63.18 +14.8%Jul 7, 2026
Wells FargoMike Mayo$66$61.73 +14.8%Jul 6, 2026
JefferiesDavid Chiaverini$75$61.73 +30.4%Jul 6, 2026
Morgan StanleyManan Gosalia$67$60.99 +16.5%Jun 29, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$62$56.7 +7.8%Apr 17, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$64$56.26 +11.3%Apr 17, 2026
RBC CapitalGerard Cassidy$61$56.34 +6.1%Apr 17, 2026
OppenheimerAnalyst unavailable$73$55.48 +26.9%Apr 17, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$67$55.48 +16.5%Apr 17, 2026
JefferiesAnalyst unavailable$60$55.46 +4.3%Apr 16, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$63$51.59 +9.5%Mar 26, 2026
Truist FinancialJohn McDonald$66$56.05 +14.8%Feb 26, 2026
Evercore ISIJohn Pancari$65$59.05 +13.0%Feb 5, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$60$60.32 +4.3%Feb 4, 2026
Argus ResearchAnalyst unavailable$63$56.52 +9.5%Jan 22, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$59$55.74 +2.6%Jan 21, 2026
D.A. DavidsonPeter Winter$65$55.46 +13.0%Jan 21, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$61$55.63 +6.1%Jan 21, 2026
HSBCAnalyst unavailable$62$55.08 +7.8%Jan 7, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$60$55.78 +4.3%Jan 6, 2026
BarclaysJason Goldberg$65$53.93 +13.0%Jan 5, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$58$54.3 +0.9%Dec 18, 2025
Deutsche BankMatt O'Connor$52.5$47.33 -8.7%Oct 23, 2025
D.A. DavidsonAnalyst unavailable$59$46.24 +2.6%Oct 17, 2025
Truist FinancialJohn McDonald$52$46.24 -9.6%Oct 17, 2025
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$52$45.65 -9.6%Oct 17, 2025
Goldman SachsRichard Ramsden$52$45.65 -9.6%Oct 17, 2025
UBSAnalyst unavailable$50$47.67 -13.1%Oct 7, 2025
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$54$48.99 -6.1%Sep 30, 2025
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$56$49.44 -2.6%Sep 29, 2025
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$51$49.61 -11.3%Sep 17, 2025
Deutsche BankMatt O'Connor$51$48.53 -11.3%Oct 24, 2024
D.A. DavidsonPeter Winter$54$49.62 -6.1%Oct 17, 2024
OppenheimerChris Kotowski$59$49.21 +2.6%Oct 17, 2024
Wells FargoMike Mayo$60$49.21 +4.3%Oct 17, 2024
Robert W. BairdDavid George$54$49.21 -6.1%Oct 17, 2024
RBC CapitalGerald Cassidy$53$49.21 -7.8%Oct 17, 2024
StephensTerry McEvoy$52$49.21 -9.6%Oct 17, 2024
BarclaysJason Goldberg$57$49.21 -0.9%Oct 17, 2024
Evercore ISIJohn Pancari$51$44.46 -11.3%Oct 2, 2024
Morgan StanleyBetsy Graseck$57$44.79 -0.9%Sep 30, 2024
Evercore ISIJohn Pancari$49$44.68 -14.8%Sep 18, 2024
Robert W. BairdDavid George$52$43.85 -9.6%Sep 13, 2024
Bank of America SecuritiesErika Najarian$53$43.96 -7.8%Sep 12, 2024
Piper SandlerScott Siefers$47$46.6 -18.3%Sep 3, 2024
RBC CapitalGerard Cassidy$48$45.08 -16.5%Jul 18, 2024
JefferiesKen Usdin$42$39.97 -27.0%Jul 3, 2024
OppenheimerChris Kotowski$53$39.68 -7.8%Jun 28, 2024
UBSErika Najarian$43$39.44 -25.2%Apr 19, 2024
D.A. DavidsonPeter Winter$44$39.24 -23.5%Apr 18, 2024
OppenheimerChris Kotowski$54$39.52 -6.1%Apr 18, 2024
Wells FargoMike Mayo$48$39.52 -16.5%Apr 18, 2024
HSBCSaul Martinez$53$44 -7.8%Mar 28, 2024
Compass PointDavid Rochester$49$43.92 -14.8%Mar 22, 2024
Piper SandlerScott Siefers$57$48.98 -0.9%Feb 15, 2023
Wolfe ResearchBill Carcache$63$52.58 +9.5%Apr 7, 2022
Robert W. BairdDavid George$58$52.58 +0.9%Apr 7, 2022
J.P. MorganVivek Juneja$62.5$52.58 +8.7%Apr 7, 2022
OppenheimerChris Kotowski$77$52.66 +33.9%Apr 4, 2022
RBC CapitalGerard Cassidy$66$52.66 +14.8%Apr 4, 2022
CitigroupKeith Horowitz$65$54.65 +13.0%Jan 21, 2022
BarclaysJason Goldberg$66$56.48 +14.8%Jan 20, 2022
StephensTerry McEvoy$62$56.48 +7.8%Jan 20, 2022
KBWDavid Konrad$64$56.9 +11.3%Jan 19, 2022
Evercore ISIJohn Pancari$63$55.96 +9.5%Dec 6, 2021
Piper SandlerScott Siefers$60$59.26 +4.3%Oct 15, 2021
Wells FargoMike Mayo$72$59.55 +25.2%Oct 4, 2021
Credit SuisseSusan Roth Katzke$61$56.55 +6.1%Sep 22, 2021
Goldman SachsRichard Ramsden$61$54.49 +6.1%Jul 22, 2021
Compass PointDave Rochester$61$58.98 +6.1%May 18, 2021
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U.S. Bancorp (USB) functions as a broad-based financial services holding company, delivering a comprehensive spectrum of banking and financial solutions throughout the United States. Its diverse customer base includes individual consumers, various businesses, institutional organizations, governmental bodies, and other financial entities. The company organizes its operations across key segments: Corporate and Commercial Banking, Consumer and Business Banking, Wealth Management and Investment Services, Payment Services, and Treasury and Corporate Support. Its offerings encompass fundamental depository services such as checking accounts, savings accounts, and time certificates. U.S. Bancorp also extends a variety of credit facilities, including traditional lending products, credit card services, lease financing, support for import/export trade, asset-backed lending, and agricultural finance.…

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