USCB Financial Holdings, Inc. (USCB) reported $25.53 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 11%. EPS of $0.44 for the same period compares to $0.34 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $26.11 million, representing a surprise of -2.24%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -13.73%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.51.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how USCB Financial performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Efficiency Ratio: 79.2% versus 49.6% estimated by three analysts on average.
- Net Interest Margin: 3.3% compared to the 3.3% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Average interest-earning assets: $2.7 billion compared to the $2.75 billion average estimate based on two analysts.
- Total Non-Performing Loans: $3.14 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $1.41 million.
- Net charge-offs (recoveries of) to average loans): 0% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 0.1%.
- Net interest income before provision for loan losses: $22.21 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $22.65 million.
- Total Non-Interest Income: $3.32 million compared to the $3.79 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Gain on sale of loans held for sale, net: $0.2 million versus $0.18 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of USCB Financial have returned +7.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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