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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced the results of its 2025 Leveraged Loan Market Survey , which found that lenders expect a continued stable lending environment supported by easing interest rates, plentiful lending capital, slowing inflation and an improved climate for large corporate borrowers in the year ahead.

Banner (BANR) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.

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Banner Corporation (NASDAQ:BANR ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 23, 2025 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Mark Grescovich - President and Chief Executive Officer Rich Arnold - Head of Investor Relations Jill Rice - Chief Credit Officer Robert Butterfield - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Jeff Rulis - D.A. Davidson Andrew Terrell - Stephens, Inc David Feaster - Raymond James Andrew Liesch - Piper Sandler Kelly Motta - KBW Operator Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Banner Corporation's Fourth Quarter 2024 Conference Call and Webcast.

Although the revenue and EPS for Banner (BANR) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Banner (BANR) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.33 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.22 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.34 per share a year ago.

WALLA WALLA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Banner Corporation (NASDAQ:BANR) (“Banner”), the parent company of Banner Bank, today reported net income of $46.4 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $45.2 million, or $1.30 per diluted share, for the preceding quarter and $42.6 million, or $1.24 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2023. Net interest income was $140.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $135.7 million in the preceding quar.

Besides Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates for Banner (BANR), review projections for some of its key metrics to gain a deeper understanding of how the company might have fared during the quarter ended December 2024.

Stocks in the Zacks Savings and Loan industry, such as BANR, HMST and CZWI, will benefit from the Fed rate cuts and improving lending scenarios.