Let’s look at the key reasons that are pushing UMB Financial Corp (UMBF) to new highs

UMB Financial Corp (NASDAQ: UMBF) on Friday, plunged -2.00% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $120.30. Within the past 52 weeks, UMBF’s price has moved between $76.00 and $129.94.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 17.75%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -0.43%. With a float of $45.91 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $48.81 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 3599 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 99.89%, operating margin of 42.96%, and the pretax margin is 23.7%.

UMB Financial Corp (UMBF) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

Observing investor behavior towards Banks – Regional industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of UMB Financial Corp is 5.85%, while institutional ownership is 102.62%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jan 31 ’25, was worth 110,452. Before that another transaction happened on Jan 02 ’25, when Company’s Affiliate proposed sale 2,550 for $113.06, making the entire transaction worth $288,303.

UMB Financial Corp (UMBF) Recent Fiscal highlights

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.3 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -0.43% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.35% during the next five years compared to 12.62% growth over the previous five years of trading.

UMB Financial Corp (NASDAQ: UMBF) Trading Performance Indicators

UMB Financial Corp (UMBF) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.06. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 19.73.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 9.00, a number that is poised to hit 2.15 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 11.33 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of UMB Financial Corp (UMBF)

Looking closely at UMB Financial Corp (NASDAQ: UMBF), its last 5-days average volume was 2.09 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.87 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 49.79%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.63.

During the past 100 days, UMB Financial Corp’s (UMBF) raw stochastic average was set at 62.11%, which indicates a significant increase from 58.90% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.54% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 32.53% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $119.43, while its 200-day Moving Average is $101.20. However, in the short run, UMB Financial Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $120.68. Second resistance stands at $123.46. The third major resistance level sits at $125.11. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $116.25, it is likely to go to the next support level at $114.59. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $111.81.

UMB Financial Corp (NASDAQ: UMBF) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 5.75 billion based on 48,798K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 2,381 M and income totals 350,020 K. The company made 716,440 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 109,640 K in sales during its previous quarter.