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Molina Healthcare (MOH +3.68%) had a good week, at least as far as its stock was concerned. Over the past five trading days, according to data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence, the shares raced almost 10% higher, thanks in no small part to a rotation into defensive stocks.

Tech aversion Late in the week, tech stocks in particular crashed fairly hard. Many had jumped higher in recent months because of excitement around the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI). However, no rally lasts forever, and such titles began to take hits on Thursday.

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The following day, following a far better-than-expected jobs report, investors began to worry that such data increases the chances of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. Higher rates (or the fear of them) tend to drive up bond yields, making such assets more attractive to investors while dampening enthusiasm for riskier plays like tech stocks.

As an insurer and managed care organization (MCO), Molina operates a solid business that is to some extent insulated from economic shocks. It also habitually posts top-line growth and net profits. So for some investors, it's a kind of safe haven in times when the economy starts to seem wobbly.

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Some consider it a safe haven I'm not as worried as some about the near future of risky plays like tech stocks. Nevertheless, Molina is a good choice for those who feel otherwise, particularly since it's a veteran operator that is very effective at both its main businesses. I'd say that makes it a buy these days.

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RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE: KNSL) (the “Company”) today announced the realignment of its Analytics and Technology groups under a single leader. As part of the realignment, Salmaan K. Allibhai has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Analytics and Technology Officer to lead the Company’s data analytics and technology capabilities. In addition, Nicholas J. Kunkle has been promoted to Vice President, Chief Actuary and will manage the Analytics and Actuarial department.

“We are pleased to welcome Salmaan as part of Kinsale’s senior leadership team. Technology has always been a core competency at Kinsale that provides a high degree of efficiency, accuracy and speed across all of our business processes, and we employ a quantitative approach by using analytics to drive profitability and operational efficiency. By bringing these critical areas together under one leader, we are removing operational silos and creating stronger alignment across our data and technology strategies,” said Kinsale Capital Group Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Michael P. Kehoe.

“Salmaan’s forward-thinking approach to data-driven solutions makes him an ideal leader to further develop the company’s end-to-end systems to ensure they continue to meet the changing needs of the business and to harness data to drive faster, smarter decisions across the company,” Mr. Kehoe added.

Mr. Allibhai joined the Company in April 2016 and has over 13 years of industry experience. During his tenure at the Company, Mr. Allibhai has served in positions of increasing responsibility on the leadership team, most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary before his promotion to Executive Vice President, Chief Analytics and Technology Officer. Mr. Allibhai earned a bachelor’s degree in Mathematical Decision Sciences and Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Dr. Kunkle started with the Company in April 2024 as a Senior Actuary and was promoted to Managing Actuary in March 2025. Previously, he served as an actuary at GEICO and USAA, taking on roles of increasing leadership responsibility. Dr. Kunkle earned a bachelor’s degree in Music Performance, with a minor in Mathematics from Ithaca College, a master’s degree in Music Performance from Michigan State University, and a doctorate in Musical Arts and Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Kunkle is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.

Additionally, Diane Schnupp retired from her role as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, effective April 29, 2026. Ms. Schnupp will continue in a consulting role for a period of time to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities.

“I am thankful for Diane's leadership that has propelled our technology strategy forward over the last seven years,” said Mr. Kehoe. “Throughout her tenure, Diane had a meaningful impact on the success of our company, the development of our employees, and has set us up for continued success in the future.”

About Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. is a specialty insurance group headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, focusing on the excess and surplus lines market.

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Stock to Watch: Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (KNSL - Free Report) Headquartered in Richmond, VA, Kinsale Capital was established in 2009. It offers various insurance and reinsurance productsacross all 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It operates primarily through two markets – Commercial and Personal. While personal lines include homeowners insurance; commercial lines offerings cover construction, small business, excess casualty, commercial property, product   liability, allied health, general casualty, management liability, inland marine, commercial insurance and public entity.

KNSL is a #3 (Hold) on the Zacks Rank, with a VGM Score of A.

Additionally, the company could be a top pick for growth investors. KNSL has a Growth Style Score of B, forecasting year-over-year earnings growth of 5.3% for the current fiscal year.

Five analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for fiscal 2026, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.07 to $20.54 per share. KNSL also boasts an average earnings surprise of +8.9%.

With a solid Zacks Rank and top-tier Growth and VGM Style Scores, KNSL should be on investors' short list.

The report argues these metrics are fueled by “watered down” products sold to small businesses that often lack financial savvy regarding complex insurance terms.

Benzinga has reached out to Kinsale Capital for comment on the Bear Cave report.

Kinsale Capital Group stock is under selling pressure. What’s driving KNSL stock lower? Analyzing The KNSL Short Case And Low Retention RatesA primary concern raised in the report is Kinsale’s 60% retention rate, which The Bear Cave said falls far below the 90% average typically seen in the property-and-casualty insurance sector.

The Bear Cave suggested Kinsale has dramatically expanded the number of exclusions in its policies over the last five years, leading to increased litigation and a reputation for being “notorious for not paying” claims. This strategy is characterized as “charging more for less,” effectively leaving policyholders without real protection when losses occur.

Customer Complaints, Regulatory Oversight IssuesPublic records cited in the report detail numerous complaints, such as an armed security company claiming its policy specifically excluded firearms and professional liability. In another instance, a Colorado smoke shop’s $65,000 burglary claim was denied because an alarm was not set while an employee was still inside the building.

Additionally, small businesses in Georgia and Washington have alleged “unfair and unjust” audit fees and retroactive charges, while The Capitol Forum found that Kinsale closes claims without payment at a much higher rate than its industry competitors.

KNSL Shares Edge Lower Thursday MorningKNSL Price Action: Kinsale Capital shares were up 0.09% at $303.89 at the time of publication on Thursday. The stock is well off the highs of $311 for Thursday’s session and is currently trading near its 52-week low of $300.23, according to Benzinga Pro data.

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RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE: KNSL) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.25 per share of common stock. This dividend is payable on June 11, 2026 to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 28, 2026.

About Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. is a specialty insurance group headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, focusing on the excess and surplus lines market.

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In the latest close session, Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (KNSL - Free Report) was down 1.04% at $304.77. The stock fell short of the S&P 500, which registered a gain of 0.22% for the day. Elsewhere, the Dow saw an upswing of 0.72%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq appreciated by 0.21%.

Prior to today's trading, shares of the company had lost 4.83% lagged the Finance sector's gain of 1.12% and the S&P 500's gain of 6.04%.

Market participants will be closely following the financial results of Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. in its upcoming release. The company is expected to report EPS of $4.97, up 3.97% from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, the latest consensus estimate predicts the revenue to be $475.61 million, indicating a 1.23% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

For the annual period, the Zacks Consensus Estimates anticipate earnings of $20.54 per share and a revenue of $1.92 billion, signifying shifts of +5.28% and +2.44%, respectively, from the last year.

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Key Takeaways KNSL is gaining from strong E&S market demand, high retention rates and low double-digit rate increases. Proprietary technology and analytics support lower expenses, improved margins and underwriting profitability. Strong cash flow supports dividend growth and share repurchases alongside organic business expansion. Shares of Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (KNSL - Free Report) have lost 36% in the past year compared with the industry’s decline of 6.8%.  
The insurer has a market capitalization of $7 billion. The average volume of shares traded in the last three months was 0.2 million.

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KNSL Shares are OvervaluedKinsale Capital shares are trading at a premium to the Zacks Property and Casualty Insurance industry. Its price-to-book value of 3.56X is higher than the industry average of 1.34X.

American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG - Free Report) and Arch Capital Group Ltd. (ACGL - Free Report) shares are also trading at premiums of 2.28 and 1.35, respectively. However, shares of CNA Financial Corporation (CNA - Free Report) are trading at a multiple lower than the industry average. CNA Financial is trading at 1.04.

KNSL’s Growth Projection EncouragesThe Zacks Consensus Estimate for Kinsale Capital’s 2026 earnings per share indicates a year-over-year increase of 5.2%. The consensus estimate for revenues is pegged at $1.92 billion, implying a year-over-year improvement of 2.4%.

The consensus estimate for 2027 earnings per share and revenues indicates an increase of 6.5% and 6.2%, respectively, from the corresponding 2026 estimates.

Earnings have grown 38% in the past five years, better than the industry average of 22.7%. The expected long-term earnings growth rate is 15%, outperforming the industry average of 7.2%.

Kinsale Capital has an impressive Growth Score of B. This style score helps analyze the growth prospects of a company.

Earnings Surprise HistoryKinsale Capital surpassed earnings estimates in each of the last four quarters, the average being 8.88%.

KNSL’s Favorable Return on CapitalKinsale Capital’s return on equity (ROE) of 25.8% for the trailing 12 months compared favorably with the industry’s 7.4%, reflecting the company’s efficiency in utilizing shareholders’ funds. This insurer targets mid-teens ROE over the long term.

Also, return on invested capital (ROIC) has been increasing over the last few quarters as the company raised its capital investment over the same time frame, reflecting KNSL’s efficiency in utilizing funds to generate income. KNSL’s ROIC of 22.7% for the trailing 12 months compared favorably with the industry’s 5.7%.

Average Target Price for KNSL Suggests UpsideBased on short-term price targets offered by nine analysts, the Zacks average price target is $358 per share. The average suggests a potential 17.4% upside from the last closing price.

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What’s Driving KNSL StockA strong presence across the excess and supply (E&S) market in the United States and high retention rates stemming from contract renewals should drive improved premiums. Management noted that the E&S market has grown significantly and generated better underwriting results than the broader P&C industry. It remains well-positioned to benefit from continued market dislocation, aiding improved submission flows and better pricing decisions.

KNSL has been successfully delivering improved margins and lower loss ratios. The insurer targets clients with small and medium-sized accounts with better pricing and is less prone to competition. Management estimates low double-digit rate increases across the book of business.

Kinsale Capital enjoys the best combination of high growth and low combined ratio among its peers. It targets a combined ratio in the mid-80s range over the long term.

KNSL is well-positioned to generate an improved expense ratio, given its proprietary technology platform, which is likely to provide it with a competitive edge over other industry players and scalability in business. The insurer drives profitability and operational efficiency using analytics.

Despite a low-interest-rate environment, investment income should benefit from the investment of excess operating funds.
Notably, its free cash flow conversion has remained more than 85% over the last few quarters, reflecting its solid earnings.

ConclusionKinsale Capital is poised to gain from its focus on the E&S market, prudent underwriting, lower expense ratio, growth in the investment portfolio and effective capital deployment.

The insurer has an impressive dividend history, increasing dividends since 2017 at an eight-year CAGR of 33%, riding on the strength of operational excellence that supports a solid capital position. As part of wealth distribution, Kinsale Capital repurchased $62.5 million worth of shares during the first quarter of 2026 and had $187.5 million remaining under its repurchase authorization as of March 31, 2026, supporting ongoing capital return alongside organic growth. All these shareholder-friendly moves make the stock an attractive investment pick.

However, given its expensive valuation, it is better to wait for some more time before taking a call on this Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

Kinsale Capital has sold off sharply, but core underwriting profitability and return on equity remain robust. KNSL's premium growth slowdown, especially in large commercial property, has pressured valuation, yet ex-Commercial Property growth and demand indicators remain positive. Management prioritizes underwriting discipline over chasing premium volume, maintaining sub-80 combined ratios and low-20s ROE despite competitive pressures.

Kinsale Capital remains a top-tier E&S insurer, with strong underwriting, low costs, and rapid float growth. Q1 2026 showed mixed results: gross written premiums fell 0.5%, but net income and investment income rose, and the combined ratio improved to 77.4%. KNSL's valuation has reset to mid-teens forward earnings, making it reasonably priced for its quality, though it still trades at a high book value multiple.

Key Takeaways KNSL operates solely through its Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance segment, its core growth engine. Focus on hard-to-place risks supports pricing flexibility, higher margins and strong underwriting results. Diversified E&S products and efficient underwriting systems help expand market share and earnings stability. Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (KNSL - Free Report) focuses exclusively on the excess and surplus lines (E&S) market in the United States. KNSL operates through a single reportable segment, the Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance segment, which offers property and casualty ("P&C") insurance products through the E&S market.

The Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance segment primarily offers commercial excess and surplus lines liability and property insurance products through its underwriting divisions in the United States.

Kinsale Capital's Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance segment is the company's sole operating business and core growth engine. Its specialization in hard-to-place commercial risks, combined with disciplined underwriting and technology-driven efficiency, has enabled the company to consistently generate industry-leading underwriting profitability.

Kinsale Capital's exclusive focus on E&S insurance provides exposure to a growing specialty insurance market, strong pricing power and higher underwriting margins, less dependence on investment income, and opportunities to gain market share as standard insurers retreat from challenging risks.

The E&S Lines Insurance segment is the foundation of Kinsale Capital's business model. It aids the company by providing pricing flexibility, higher underwriting margins, premium growth opportunities, operational efficiency and a defensible competitive niche. As the E&S market continues to grow and standard insurers retreat from complex risks, Kinsale Capital is well-positioned to expand premiums and generate strong underwriting profits.

The E&S segment encompasses numerous product categories, including Commercial property, Excess casualty, Professional liability, Healthcare, Environmental liability, and Construction. This diversification helps reduce dependence on any single market and improves earnings stability.

Kinsale Capital believes that its consistent focus on the E&S market and its high levels of service, including the ability to quote, underwrite and bind insurance policies promptly through its efficient systems, allow it to better serve its brokers and position it to profitably increase its market share.

What About Its Peers?Axis Capital Holdings Limited (AXS - Free Report) , a global specialty underwriter, has a strategic focus on specialty products, including professional liability, cyber insurance, marine and aviation. AXS has been witnessing an increase in its top line over a considerable period of time on the back of higher net premiums. Its well-performing Insurance segment largely contributes to improving premiums. It continues to boost shareholder value through stock buybacks and dividend hikes.

Palomar Holdings, Inc. (PLMR - Free Report) has been displaying a good track record of net written premiums driven by increased volume of policies written across the lines of business, driven by new business generated with existing partners, strong premium retention rates for existing business, expansion of its products’ geographic and distribution footprint, and new partnerships. Backed by a sustained operational performance, the company has maintained a solid capital position.

KNSL’s Price PerformanceShares of KNSL have lost 34% in the past year compared with the industry.

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KNSL’s Expensive ValuationThe stock is overvalued compared with its industry. It is currently trading at a price-to-book value multiple of 3.59, higher than the industry average of 1.39.

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Estimate Movement for KNSLThe Zacks Consensus Estimate for KNSL’s second-quarter and third-quarter 2026 EPS has moved down 0.4% and 1.4%, respectively, in the past 60 days. The same for full-year 2026 and 2027 EPS has moved down 0.7% and 2.7%, respectively, in the past 60 days.

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Rambus Inc. (RMBS) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Rambus stock is showing notable weakness. What’s behind RMBS decline? Q1 HighlightsRambus reported adjusted earnings per share of 63 cents, missing the consensus estimate of 64 cents. In addition, it posted revenue of $180.18 million, beating the consensus estimate of $177.92 million and representing a 15% year-over-year growth.

"Rambus opened 2026 with a solid first quarter, delivering financial results in line with guidance and generating strong cash from operations," said CEO Luc Seraphin. 

The company generated $83.2 million in cash from operating activities during the quarter. 

Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaled $786.1 million as of March 31, 2026. 

Rambus expects second-quarter adjusted revenue from $190.00 million to $208.00 million, versus the consensus estimate of $196.20 million.

Rambus Shares FallRMBS Price Action: At the time of publication, Rambus shares are trading 18.26% lower at $115.50, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

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Rambus Inc (NASDAQ:RMBS) shares plunged nearly 23% to around $109.63 on Tuesday after the semiconductor intellectual property company reported first-quarter 2026 results that fell short of revenue expectations, compounded by an analyst downgrade citing mounting risks from tightening DRAM supply.

The company posted Q1 revenue of $180.2 million, missing the consensus estimate of $189.71 million, while adjusted earnings per share came in at $0.63, a hair below the $0.64 forecast.

Product revenue reached $88 million, up 15% year-over-year, while royalties totaled $69.6 million and contract and other revenue came in at $22.6 million.

For the second quarter, Rambus guided licensing billings of $76 million to $82 million, royalty revenue of $72 million to $78 million, product revenue of $95 million to $101 million, and contract and other revenue of $19 million to $25 million, with a diluted share count of 110 million.

Adding to the pressure, Baird downgraded the stock to Neutral, citing a growing risk of slowing RDIMM unit growth heading into 2027 driven by deepening DRAM supply constraints. The firm noted that while the acceleration in x86 CPU demand fueled by inferencing and agentic AI is a positive demand signal for Rambus, the company's volume-driven business model leaves it exposed when memory supply tightens.

"Rambus is the classic case of a unit-driven top-line impacted at times of severe memory shortages without the benefit of higher pricing," Baird wrote, adding that companies controlling their own capacity and benefiting from pricing power tend to maximize revenue and earnings leverage in such environments, while volume-driven players face headwinds when supply is constrained.

Baird flagged that the bulk of new DRAM capacity coming online is expected to be directed toward high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, leaving conventional RDIMM supply increasingly strained. The firm modeled RDIMM unit growth of 20% in 2026, slowing to 12% to 15% in 2027. It also noted that surging DRAM pricing could weigh on MRDIMM volumes, and that Google's ramp of CXL technology represents a further headwind.

Industry-wide DRAM bit growth is expected to reach only around 23% in 2027, potentially slowing further to barely 20% in 2028.

Baird also pointed to softening product revenue momentum, noting that second-quarter product revenue guidance implies growth of just 1% versus the fourth quarter of 2025, compared with 11% growth over the same period a year earlier, with the firm expecting year-over-year product revenue comparisons to decelerate through the remainder of 2026 and into 2027 absent new product introductions.

Despite the downgrade, Baird maintained its price target of $120 and described Rambus as one of the highest-quality names within its small-cap coverage.

Rambus’ NASDAQ: RMBS stock price took investors on a wild ride in April, surging to fresh highs then collapsing in the wake of its earnings release. The candle formed in late April is scary, a large red candle nearly engulfing the prior two weeks, but this is one bear investors will want to cuddle. While the late April price action raises some questions, the implications are clear. Rambus is well-positioned within the AI world, has a long runway for growth, and the sell-off was and is a buying opportunity

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Rambus Had a High Bar to Beat: As Expected Just Wasn’t Good EnoughRambus' stock price decline was centered on the price action prior to its Q1 earnings release. There was a high expectation for shockingly strong results, given the GPU and datacenter demand.

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52-Week Range$57.98▼

$174.10P/E Ratio69.91

Price Target$130.43

Once primarily the licenser of intellectual property (IP), the company now designs and markets a widening range of memory interface products. These are not merely the connections between memory chips, but advanced semiconductor technology that enables the efficient operation of GPUs, clusters and data centers.

In the end, the results affirmed the company’s position, with product revenue growing to $88 million, accounting for nearly 50% of sales, and management highlighting the long-term potential. In management's view, it is the rise of agentic workflows and inference that drives demand for Rambus' products, a much larger market than the infrastructure side and one even earlier in its evolution. The likely outcome is that RMBS will continue to drive growth in the long term, potentially accelerating alongside AI adoption over the coming years.

Misplaced DRAM Concerns: Acceleration Coming in 2027Among the catalysts for Rambus’ stock price decline was a downgrade from Robert W. Baird. Analysts at the firm cut the rating to Hold, leaving the price target unchanged, citing concern over DRAM supply. The company cited shortages as hindering their growth, but this is a near-term phenomenon.

Companies such as Micron Technology NASDAQ: MU (and all other DRAM manufacturers) are actively ramping production and capacity, with significant improvement in DRAM availability expected by late 2027. In this scenario, Rambus may struggle to accelerate growth in the near term, but business remains assured, and the long-term outlook remains robust. In this scenario, not only is there an opportunity for this company to surprise in the upcoming quarters, but also a business acceleration tied to DRAM supply improvements.

Analysts, in General, Liked What They Saw in Rambus’ Earnings ReportRambus Stock Forecast Today12-Month Stock Price Forecast:
$130.43
-11.64% Downside

Moderate Buy
Based on 10 Analyst Ratings

Current Price$147.61High Forecast$172.00Average Forecast$130.43Low Forecast$90.00Rambus Stock Forecast Details

Robert W. Baird’s downgrade was not without cause, but it is an outlier.

The bulk of responses increased and reaffirmed price targets, leading to an above-consensus price point, including a new high target of $172.

The data tracked by MarketBeat reveals a moderate-conviction Moderate Buy consensus among 10 analysts with potential for 15% upside from the critical support level and an uptrend in the price targets.

The consensus of fresh targets, including Baird’s reaffirmed $120, places this market even higher, near $145, $15 above the broader consensus and on track to hit fresh highs.

The Price Action Is Kinda Bullish, Believe It or NotRambus' stock price decline suggests a deeper pullback is possible, but many factors, including price action, critical targets, and the MACD indicator, suggest otherwise. To begin, RMBS stock advanced sharply from its March low, accelerating over four weeks to set a new high, breaking above the DotCom high for the first time in over two decades. The price action formed Three, and then Four White Soldiers, a sign of a strengthening market with the capacity to continue higher. Regarding the price pullback, it shows support at the critical prior highs and is likely a strong level, given the ramp in trading volume over the past year.

The MACD indicator is the operative signal in this case. The MACD is a measure of market momentum and affirms strengthening through convergence. The MACD peak set in April converges with the fresh high and is an Extreme Peak, as it is the largest momentum swing on record. The implication is that this market will retest the recent high, at least, and will probably set a fresh high. The question is whether the fresh high is sustained and if even higher highs will come.

Rambus Results Weren’t Bad, No Reason to Shed 25% HereRambus' results were not bad, far from it, merely less than what the market had hoped. Revenue grew by a high single-digit amount, earnings by a slightly lower amount, and cash from ops by 15%. The net result was an increase in shareholder equity and the capacity to continue executing the strategy. That is IP development and, now, sales associated with it. The catalysts in 2026 include the expansion of the product line, with the launch of SOCAMM2 products, and the shift from DDR5 Gen2 to Gen3.

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Rambus remains a Hold as Q1 results and guidance reset overly optimistic expectations, despite long-term DDR5-driven growth prospects. RMBS trades at 43x FY2026 P/E, reflecting little margin for error amid gradual product revenue ramp and an ongoing business model transition. Management reaffirmed a $600M MRDIMM TAM and expects mid-teens companion chip revenue contribution by end of 2026, but near-term growth is incremental.

Our Rambus (NASDAQ:RMBS | RMBS Price Prediction) call lands on the cautious side after a powerful run. The memory interface and semiconductor IP designer has more than doubled in a year as AI infrastructure spending pours into DDR5, HBM, and high-bandwidth memory controllers. Our model says the easy money has already been made.

The 24/7 Wall St. price target for Rambus is $113.52, against a current price of $130.28. That implies -12.86% downside over the next 12 months. Our recommendation is hold, with a 90% confidence level, which qualifies as high conviction on the model side.

24/7 Wall St. Price Target Summary Metric Value Current Price $130.28 24/7 Wall St. Price Target $113.52 Upside/Downside -12.86% Recommendation HOLD Confidence Level 90% Why We Could Be Wrong Before going further, the 24/7 Wall St. price target of $113.52 sits below where Rambus trades today, and the bull arguments are real. Genuine upside could come from accelerating HBM4E memory controller IP adoption or a clean royalty re-acceleration as new licensing agreements close. Treat our number as one datapoint. A fuller bull case appears below.

A 140% Rally Met a Soft Quarter RMBS is up 140.77% over one year and 41.78% year to date, trading 14% below its 52-week high of $161.80.

Q1 FY2026, reported April 27, brought revenue of $180.19M (up 8.1% YoY) and non-GAAP EPS of $0.63, missing the $0.636 consensus by 0.99%. Product revenue grew 15% to $88.0M, but royalty revenue slipped to $69.64M, and non-GAAP operating margin compressed to 42% from 46%. The stock dropped 21.26% on the report.

The Case for $170+ Bulls have a credible path. CEO Luc Seraphin says “the growth of AI inference and agentic workloads in the data center continues to drive demand for higher memory bandwidth, efficient data movement, and scalable connectivity.” Rambus owns the industry’s fastest HBM4E controller IP and is shipping LPDDR5X SOCAMM2 chipsets into next-gen AI servers.

Q2 FY2026 guidance points to revenue of $186 to $204M. Full-year FY2025 revenue grew 27.13% to $707.63M with operating income up 45.34%. Sell-side coverage skews positive with 8 buy ratings versus 1 hold. Our bull case scenario points to $170.82, a 31.12% return.

The Risks Worth Watching Three headwinds keep us cautious. First, royalty revenue fell from $74.0M to $69.64M YoY, and an analyst downgrade cited tightening DRAM supply.

Second, operating expenses are accelerating, with R&D up 18% and SG&A up 13%. Bulls would counter that elevated R&D funds the HBM4E and SOCAMM2 roadmap that powers the long-term thesis.

Third, CFO Desmond Lynch resigned with John Allen stepping in as interim, and CEO Luc Seraphin executed multiple large disposals in March and April. Our bear case target is $93.54, a 28.2% drawdown.

Rambus Price Prediction 2026-2030 The 24/7 Wall St. price target of $113.52 reflects a real tension: Rambus has world-class IP in the right end markets, but at 64 trailing earnings and a forward P/E of 24, much of the AI memory story is priced in. The setup improves if Q2 FY2026 revenue lands at the high end of guidance and royalty revenue stabilizes. Caution stays warranted if margins compress further or DRAM supply tightens into a second quarter. Hold, with high model conviction.

Looking further ahead, here is where our model projects Rambus could trade, assuming current growth trajectories and AI memory tailwinds hold.

Year 24/7 Wall St. Price Target 2026 $113.52 2027 $118.40 2028 $124.10 2029 $118.85 2030 $109.56 These projections assume Rambus continues executing on its DDR5 and HBM4E roadmap. Significant upside could come from new licensing wins, while downside risk centers on royalty erosion and DRAM supply cycles.

On May 21, 2026, Rambus Inc RMBS shares rose 6.3% today, bringing the current price to $141.82. Over the past year, the stock has seen remarkable performance, with a 52-week range of $52.12 to $161.80.

GF Value™ verdict: Current price is $141.82 vs GF Value™ of $91.75, indicating a 54.6% overvaluation.GF Score™ of 85/100 suggests a strong overall rating based on various performance metrics.Most notable signal: Insiders sold $8.6M worth of shares in the last 3 months without any buying activity. Is RMBS Overvalued or Undervalued? Rambus Inc RMBS is currently trading at $141.82, significantly above the GF Value™ estimate of $91.75, which indicates a 54.6% overvaluation. The GF Valuation label categorizes the stock as "Significantly Overvalued," highlighting a considerable gap between the market price and its intrinsic value. The significant overvaluation suggests a lack of margin of safety for potential investors, as the stock price does not reflect the underlying business fundamentals and future performance estimates.

GF Value™ is GuruFocus' proprietary measure of intrinsic value, calculated from historical trading multiples, past business growth, and future performance estimates. With the stock trading at such a premium, there is inherent risk involved. Market corrections could lead to a decline in stock price if the market adjusts to more accurately reflect the company's valuation.

How Does RMBS's Valuation Compare to Its History? Metric Current Historical P/E (TTM) 67.5x 33.7x Forward P/E 47.8x N/A The current P/E ratio of 67.5x is considerably above its 5-year median of 33.7x, indicating that the stock is trading at a premium compared to its historical valuation. This analysis of the P/E ratio agrees with the GF Value™ verdict, further supporting the conclusion that RMBS is overvalued in the current market environment.

What Does RMBS's GF Score™ Tell Us? Metric Rating GF Score™ 85/100 Financial Strength 10/10 Profitability 6/10 Growth 10/10 Valuation 3/10 Momentum 9/10 Rambus Inc's GF Score™ of 85/100 indicates a strong overall rating, with particularly high marks in Financial Strength (10/10) and Growth (10/10). However, the Valuation score is notably low at 3/10, which aligns with the findings of the GF Value™ analysis. The momentum score of 9/10 suggests positive price movement, but the weak valuation rank indicates that the stock may not be a sound investment at its current price.

What Are Insiders Doing with RMBS Stock? In the last three months, insiders have sold $8.6 million worth of Rambus stock, with no reported purchases. This pattern of selling without any buying activity can suggest a lack of confidence among insiders regarding the stock's future performance. Such actions may indicate that those with the most intimate knowledge of the company do not believe the current price reflects its true value.

What This Means for Investors Based on the GF Value™ assessment, Rambus Inc RMBS is currently overvalued. The significant disparity between the current market price and the intrinsic value suggests potential risks for those considering investing in the stock at this time.

For the complete analysis, visit the Rambus Inc RMBS stock page. You can also explore the GF Value™ page for detailed valuation methodology, or use the GuruFocus Stock Screener to find similar opportunities.

Frequently Asked Questions What is RMBS's GF Score™?

RMBS has a GF Score™ of 85/100, indicating a strong overall rating based on key performance metrics.

Is RMBS overvalued or undervalued?

RMBS is considered overvalued, with a GF Value™ estimate of $91.75 compared to the current price of $141.82.

What is RMBS's P/E ratio?

RMBS's P/E (TTM) ratio is 67.5x, which is significantly higher than its historical 5-year median of 33.7x, indicating a premium valuation.

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Rambus (NASDAQ:RMBS | RMBS Price Prediction) has become one of the more interesting names in the AI infrastructure supply chain, and it remains under the radar for most investors. This is the memory bandwidth IP company sitting underneath the entire AI buildout, yet awareness outside semiconductor circles is limited. That gap between fundamentals and recognition is what makes the research case worth examining.

Rambus designs the memory interface chips and the controller IP that let DDR5, LPDDR5X, and HBM memory actually keep up with AI accelerators. CEO Luc Seraphin put it bluntly on the Q1 call. “Everyone is trying to optimize now the memory subsystems… HBM, DDR, LPDDR… this plays to our strength because this is what we’ve been doing forever at Rambus.” When NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), or a hyperscaler designs a custom accelerator, the memory side of that chip is Rambus territory.

Reason One: A Hardware Business Running Software-Company Margins Q1 2026 gross margin came in at 79.73%. Full-year 2025 sat at 75.98%, up from 69.14% in 2023. That margin profile exists because the royalty and IP side of the business is essentially capital-light, and the chip side is a high-value piece of silicon that customers cannot easily second-source.

Operating income went from $91.5 million in 2023 to $260.2 million in 2025. Q1 2026 operating cash flow was $83.2 million, and cash plus marketable securities now sit at $786 million against total liabilities of just $139.9 million. The balance sheet is effectively net cash.

Reason Two: Every AI Chip on Earth Needs This IP Product revenue grew 15% year over year to $88 million in Q1, with Q2 guided to $95 to $101 million. Seraphin says Rambus exited 2025 with mid-40% share in DDR5 RCDs and is gaining as the market transitions from Gen 2 to Gen 3.

The company also launched the industry’s fastest HBM4E controller, the exact IP block AI accelerators need for next-generation memory throughput. The MRDIMM opportunity alone is a $600 million SAM with the earnest ramp in 2027. Full-year 2025 revenue grew 27.13% to $707.63 million.

Reason Three: Victor Peng on the Board Is the Signal AMD’s former president joined the board, with the equity grant landing April 1, 2026. Peng ran Xilinx before AMD bought it and led AMD’s adaptive computing push.

He does not take a seat at a sub-$20 billion semiconductor company by accident. Custom silicon for hyperscalers is exactly where Rambus is positioned, and Peng is the operator who has lived inside that customer base.

The Honest Risk Royalty revenue declined to $69.6 million from $74.0 million a year ago, non-GAAP operating margin compressed from 46% to 42%, and one analyst downgrade flagged tightening DRAM supply.

The CFO also resigned. None of that changes the underlying thesis. Royalty lumpiness comes with the licensing model. Margin compression is funding R&D that grew to $50.23 million, which is the spend that produced the HBM4E controller in the first place. Supply tightness is a demand problem.

Why the Valuation Matters Shares trade at a forward multiple of roughly 24 for a company growing product revenue double digits, sitting on $786 million in cash, earning 79.73% gross margins, and embedded inside every meaningful AI memory architecture.

Analyst consensus rating sits at seven buys and two holds. The stock is up 170% over the past year. For investors researching under-the-radar AI infrastructure exposure, Rambus warrants a closer look as the next decade of inference workloads gets built.

All that said, I still wouldn’t expect big, explosive gains. This is an IP company and they’re never going to scale into the trillions with IP only. Thankfully, Rambus has moved into memory designing and derives around half of its revenue from semiconductor products. But the non-IP business still needs time to scale significantly and mature.

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Our Rambus (NASDAQ:RMBS | RMBS Price Prediction) call is a tough one to make, because this stock has been a runaway winner.

After a 166.41% one-year rally, the 24/7 Wall St. price target points to meaningful downside over the next 12 months. Memory interface chips remain a core AI infrastructure play, but valuation has stretched ahead of fundamentals.

The 24/7 Wall St. Price Target for Rambus Is $118.67 Metric Value Current Price $145.46 24/7 Wall St. Price Target $118.67 Upside/Downside -18.42% Recommendation SELL Confidence Level 90% Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Rambus is $118.67, implying roughly 18% downside from current levels. The model returns a sell with high confidence, driven by an implied forward P/E of 64 and a stock that now sits just 10% below its 52-week high.

Why We Could Be Wrong on Rambus Before going further, the bull arguments here are serious. Rambus owns mission-critical IP for DDR5, HBM4E, and the emerging LPDDR5X SOCAMM2 server module standard.

If hyperscaler memory bandwidth demand keeps compounding, royalty and product revenue could re-accelerate together, and our 24/7 Wall St. price target will look conservative. Consider this one datapoint among many. The detailed bull case follows.

An AI-Fueled Run From $54 to $145 RMBS is up 29.69% in the past month and 58.3% year to date.

Q1 FY26 revenue of $180.19 million narrowly beat consensus, while non-GAAP EPS of $0.63 came in just below the $0.6363 estimate. Product revenue jumped 15% YoY on AI infrastructure demand, but royalties slipped to $69.64 million from $74 million. Shares initially fell 21.26% after the report, then ripped back 30.73% over the following 30 days.

The Case for $165+ Bulls have real ammunition. FY25 revenue grew 27.13% to $707.63 million, operating income jumped 45.34%, and operating cash flow hit $360 million. CEO Luc Seraphin said “The growth of AI inference and agentic workloads in the data center continues to drive demand for higher memory bandwidth, efficient data movement, and scalable connectivity.”

Rambus claims the industry’s fastest HBM4E memory controller IP, and Q2 product revenue guidance of $95 to $101 million implies continued double-digit growth. Analyst ratings sit at 7 Buys and 2 Holds with zero Sells. Our bull-case scenario reaches $164.80 by June 2027.

What Could Go Wrong Royalties shrank YoY, R&D rose 18%, and non-GAAP operating margin compressed from 46% to 42%. An analyst downgrade flagged tightening DRAM supply, CFO Desmond Lynch resigned, and insider activity has been heavy. COO Sean Fan disposed of 37,814 shares at $151.69 on May 26, the largest single transaction in the recent window.

Bulls would counter that the margin compression reflects deliberate investment in HBM4E and SOCAMM2, and the CFO transition and abandoned lease charge are one-time items. Still, with an implied P/E near 70, the bear case lands at $97.41.

I’d Stay Cautious Here The 24/7 Wall St. price target on Rambus is $118.67, a sell with 90% confidence. The key factor tipping the scale is valuation: a forward P/E above 60 leaves little room for the royalty softness already visible in Q1.

The bull thesis strengthens if royalty revenue reaccelerates above $75 million and gross margin re-expands. The bear thesis takes over if DRAM supply tightens further or operating margin slips below 40%.

Rambus Price Prediction 2026-2030 Year 24/7 Wall St. Price Target 2026 $118.67 2027 $112.50 2028 $109.00 2029 $107.50 2030 $106.21 These projections assume Rambus continues executing on AI memory IP but absorbs valuation compression as forward earnings catch up. Significant upside could come from a faster HBM4E ramp, while a stalled royalty base would pressure results.

Shares of Rambus, Inc. (RMBS) have risen 149% in the last year due to strong institutional support.

RMBS offers semiconductor and internet protocol solutions like memory, interfaces, security, smart sensors, and lighting for data-intensive computing, data centers, and AI infrastructure. The company’s first-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings report showed quarterly revenue of $180.2 million (an 8% year-over-year gain), non-GAAP net income of $69.3 million, and offered Q2 guidance of up to $198 million and $0.73 for revenue and non-GAAP EPS, respectively.

It’s no wonder RMBS shares are up 60% so far this year – and they could rise more. MoneyFlows data shows how Big Money investors are again betting heavily on the stock.

Rambus Attracting Institutions Institutional volumes reveal plenty. In the last year, RMBS has enjoyed strong investor demand, which we believe to be institutional support.

Each green bar signals unusually large volumes in RMBS shares. They reflect our proprietary inflow signal, pushing the stock higher:

Source: www.moneyflows.com Plenty of technology names are under accumulation right now. But there’s a powerful fundamental story happening with Rambus.

Rambus Fundamental Analysis Institutional support and a healthy fundamental backdrop make this company worth investigating. As you can see, RMBS has had strong sales growth:

1-year sales growth rate (+27.1%) 3-year sales growth rate (+16.4%) Source: FactSet

Also, EPS is estimated to ramp higher this year by +24.8%.

Now it makes sense why the stock has been generating Big Money interest. RMBS has a track record of strong financial performance.

Marrying great fundamentals with MoneyFlows software has found some big winning stocks over the long term.

Rambus has been a top-rated stock at MoneyFlows for years. That means the stock has unusual buy pressure and growing fundamentals. We have a ranking process that showcases stocks like this on a weekly basis.

It’s made the rare Outlier 20 report 40 times since 1999. The blue bars below show when RMBS was a top pick in the last year…institutions are pouncing:

Source: www.moneyflows.com Tracking unusual volumes reveals the power of money flows.

This is a trait that most outlier stocks exhibit…the best of the best. Big Money demand drives stocks upward.

Rambus Price Prediction The RMBS action isn’t new at all. Big Money buying in the shares is signaling to take notice. Given the historical gains in share price and strong fundamentals, this stock could be worth a spot in a diversified portfolio.

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Strong Performance Across Key Metrics 
Delivered Record $67.3 Million Pre-Tax Income, 13.7% ROE, and 14.5% ROTCE
Increased Originations +31% and Delivered Diluted EPS of $0.44, +340%
Rebranding to Happen Bank in Summer 2026

, /PRNewswire/ -- LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.

"We're starting 2026 with exceptional momentum, delivering 31% year-over-year growth in originations while achieving record pre-tax earnings of $67 million and ROTCE of 14.5%," said Scott Sanborn, LendingClub CEO. "At the same time, we advanced key strategic priorities, including the upcoming rebrand to Happen Bank, expanding into the $500 billion home improvement loan category, and maintaining our credit outperformance. Our focused, proven strategy is successfully attracting and retaining high-quality members as we continue generating consistent, durable returns."

First Quarter 2026 Results

Highlights:

Announced new brand, Happen Bank, launching summer 2026, reflecting both our expanded banking capabilities and our core mission: to clear the way for people going places. Began underwriting and originating home improvement loans in April, leveraging distinct advantages over incumbents and opening meaningful opportunity for growth. Achieved $2.7 billion in origination volume, up 31% compared to the prior year, driven in part by the successful execution of product and marketing initiatives. Diluted EPS of $0.44, more than quadrupled compared to the prior year. Continued credit outperformance vs. competitor set, with over 40% lower delinquencies. AI-powered automation and agent support tools led to record personal loans operations production efficiency in the first quarter and a record-high >90% automation rate for issued loans. Executed $26 million of the $100 million Stock Repurchase and Acquisition Program, with cumulative utilization through March totaling $38 million. Balance Sheet:

Total assets of $11.9 billion, up 14% year-over-year, primarily due to growth in loans and securities. Deposits of $10.2 billion, up 14% year-over-year, with 88% of deposits FDIC-insured. Robust available liquidity of $3.7 billion. Strong capital position with a consolidated Tier 1 leverage ratio of 11.9% and a CET1 capital ratio of 17.0%. Financial Performance:

Loan originations grew 31% to $2.7 billion, compared to $2.0 billion in the prior year, driven by the successful execution of product and marketing initiatives. Total net revenue increased 16% to $252.3 million, compared to $217.7 million in the prior year, driven by higher loan sales and loan sale pricing and higher net interest margin on a larger balance sheet. Net interest margin expanded to 6.28%, compared to 5.97% in the prior year, driven primarily by improved deposit funding costs.  Provision for credit losses of $0.4 million, compared to $58.1 million in the prior year, due to strong credit performance and the 2026 election of fair value option (FVO) accounting for all new originations. Net charge-offs on total loans and leases held for investment improved to $42.5 million, compared to $76.1 million in the same quarter in the prior year, supported by strong credit performance. Net income and Diluted EPS more than quadrupled to $51.6 million and $0.44, respectively, compared to  $11.7 million and $0.10 in the prior year, respectively. Profit margin (pre-tax) of 26.7%, compared to 7.2% in the prior year. Return on Equity (ROE) of 13.7% with a Return on Tangible Common Equity (ROTCE) of 14.5%. Summary Financial Highlights:

Three Months Ended

($ in millions, except per share amounts)

March 31,
2026

December 31,
2025

March 31,
2025

Total net revenue

$           252.3

$           266.5

$           217.7

Provision for credit losses

0.4

47.2

58.1

Non-interest expense

184.5

169.3

143.9

Income before income tax expense

67.3

50.0

15.7

Income tax expense

(15.7)

(8.5)

(4.0)

Net income

$            51.6

$            41.6

$            11.7

Diluted EPS

$            0.44

$            0.35

$            0.10

For a calculation of Tangible Book Value Per Common Share and Return on Tangible Common Equity, refer to the "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures" tables at the end of this release.

2026 Strategic Priorities & Investments

LendingClub has made important progress on several strategic initiatives:

Corporate Rebrand: Rebranding to Happen BankTM, a bank that clears the way for people going places, providing fast and easy access to award-winning products that help them save more of what they earn and earn more on what they save. The new brand reflects LendingClub's transition from a pioneering online lender to a diversified digital-first bank that combines deposits, lending, and a capital-light marketplace bank model. The company will transition to the new brand this summer. Rebrand-related costs are included in the 2026 financial guidance.

Home Improvement Financing: Having previously acquired foundational technology and key talent, LendingClub is now underwriting and originating home improvement loans through its initial partnership with the Wisetack platform. Inbound interest from additional potential partners has been significant. Home improvement financing is a $500 billion market where LendingClub has distinct advantages over incumbents and a meaningful opportunity for growth.

AI and Operating Efficiency: The company has over 60 active AI initiatives underway across marketing, product, engineering, operations, customer experience, and compliance, with the goal of improving efficiency and supporting margin expansion over time. AI-powered automation and agent support tools have already led to record personal loans operations production efficiency and a record-high >90% automation rate for issued loans in the first quarter.

New Marketing Channel Investment: LendingClub accelerated investments in new acquisition channels, including paid social and display, ahead of normal seasonal timing in order to build attribution models and data capabilities for the full-year 2026 growth plan. Successful execution of marketing and product initiatives contributed to a 31% year-over-year increase in originations growth in the first quarter.

Transition to Fair Value Option Accounting: Starting first quarter of 2026, LendingClub has adopted FVO accounting for all new originations of loans held for investment. This change aligns the accounting treatment for loans held for investment and held for sale, creating a consistent framework across the business and removing the front-loaded CECL reserve impact that corresponds to balance sheet growth. The company expects this transition will, over time, result in higher return on invested capital.

From a financial reporting perspective, under FVO, new loans are marked to fair value at origination, with subsequent changes in fair value, reflecting both credit performance and market conditions, flowing through non-interest income each quarter rather than through a separate provision for credit losses. The company will no longer record a CECL provision on new loan originations.

Financial Outlook

Second Quarter 2026

Loan originations

$3.0B to $3.1B

Diluted EPS

$0.40 to $0.45

Full Year 2026

Loan originations

$11.6B to $12.6B

Diluted EPS

$1.65 to $1.80

About LendingClub

LendingClub Bank (soon to be Happen BankTM) is a digital bank built for the Motivated Middle: high-FICO, high-income, digitally savvy consumers actively managing their financial lives. Our difference? We make it easy for them to access award-winning products that help them keep more of what they earn and earn more on what they save. Our products are aligned by design to reward our five million plus members when they take positive financial steps, like saving regularly or making loan payments on time.

Our success is fueled by our advanced credit underwriting, a proprietary technology platform engineered for innovation, and a marketplace bank model that drives value for members, loan investors, and shareholders alike. The result is affordable credit, meaningful value, and a trusted banking relationship delivered consistently and profitably at scale.

As we look to our next chapter, we're choosing a name that reflects why we exist: to clear the way for our members to make it happen. Learn more at https://www.meethappen.com. 

LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC) is the parent company and operator of LendingClub Bank, National Association, Member FDIC. For more information about LendingClub, visit https://www.lendingclub.com. 

Conference Call and Webcast Information

The LendingClub first quarter 2026 webcast and teleconference is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (or 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on Monday, April 27, 2026. A live webcast of the call will be available at http://ir.lendingclub.com under the Filings & Financials menu in Quarterly Results. To listen to the call, register using this link: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/442019885 ten minutes prior to 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (or 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). An audio archive of the call will be available at http://ir.lendingclub.com. LendingClub has used, and intends to use, its investor relations website, X (formerly Twitter) handles (@LendingClub and @LendingClubIR) and Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/LendingClubTeam) as a means of disclosing material non-public information and to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.

Question Submissions

Prior to quarterly earnings, investors have the ability to submit and upvote questions for LendingClub's management team to consider. To participate, visit the link provided in each quarter's earnings date announcement.

Contacts
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, we use the following non-GAAP financial measures: Tangible Book Value (TBV) Per Common Share and Return on Tangible Common Equity (ROTCE). Our non-GAAP financial measures do have limitations as analytical tools and you should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for an analysis of our results under GAAP.

We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide management and investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business, enable comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance, and enable comparison of our financial results with other public companies.

We believe TBV Per Common Share is an important measure used to evaluate the company's use of equity. TBV Per Common Share is a non-GAAP financial measure representing tangible common equity for the period (common equity reduced by goodwill and customer relationship intangible assets), divided by the ending number of common shares issued and outstanding.

We believe ROTCE is an important measure because it reflects the company's ability to generate income from its core assets. ROTCE is a non-GAAP financial measure calculated by dividing annualized net income by the average tangible common equity for the applicable period.

For a reconciliation of such measures to the nearest GAAP measures, please refer to the tables on page 11 of this release.

Safe Harbor Statement

Some of the statements above, including statements regarding our entry into home improvement financing, our rebranding initiative, and anticipated future performance and financial results, are "forward-looking statements." The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "outlook," "plan," "predict," "project," "should," "will," "would" and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements include: our loan performance, our ability to continue to attract and retain new and existing borrowers and marketplace investors (including retaining long-term investors through the duration of their expected partnership and achieving the anticipated level of purchases); competition; overall economic conditions; our ability to integrate acquired technology; the interest rate and/or regulatory environment; default rates and those factors set forth in the section titled "Risk Factors" in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as in our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION
OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS
(In thousands, except percentages or as noted)
(Unaudited)

As of and for the three months ended

% Change

March 31,
2026

December 31,
2025

September 30,
2025

June 30,
2025

March 31,
2025

Q/Q

Y/Y

Operating Highlights:

Net interest income

$  176,234

$    163,027

$    158,439

$  154,249

$  149,957

8 %

18 %

Non-interest income

76,017

103,444

107,792

94,186

67,754

(27) %

12 %

Total net revenue

252,251

266,471

266,231

248,435

217,711

(5) %

16 %

Provision for credit losses

390

47,158

46,280

39,733

58,149

(99) %

(99) %

Non-interest expense

184,533

169,284

162,713

154,718

143,867

9 %

28 %

Income before income tax expense

67,328

50,029

57,238

53,984

15,695

35 %

329 %

Income tax expense

(15,725)

(8,475)

(12,964)

(15,806)

(4,024)

86 %

291 %

Net income

$   51,603

$     41,554

$      44,274

$   38,178

$   11,671

24 %

342 %

Diluted EPS

$       0.44

$         0.35

$          0.37

$       0.33

$       0.10

26 %

340 %

Total loan originations (in millions)(1)

$     2,669

$       2,637

$        2,656

$     2,433

$     2,032

1 %

31 %

Current period originations sold or held
     for sale

$     1,717

$       2,090

$        2,027

$     1,702

$     1,314

(18) %

31 %

Current period originations held for
     investment

$        952

$          547

$           629

$        731

$       717

74 %

33 %

Total servicing portfolio (in millions)(2)

$  13,854

$     13,423

$      12,986

$   12,524

$   12,241

3 %

13 %

Loans serviced for others

$    7,750

$       7,601

$        7,612

$     7,185

$     7,130

2 %

9 %

Performance Metrics:

Net interest margin

6.28 %

5.98 %

6.18 %

6.14 %

5.97 %

Profit margin(3)

26.7 %

18.8 %

21.5 %

21.7 %

7.2 %

Return on average equity (ROE)(4)

13.7 %

11.3 %

12.4 %

11.1 %

3.5 %

Return on tangible common equity (ROTCE)(5)(6)

14.5 %

11.9 %

13.2 %

11.8 %

3.7 %

Return on average total assets (ROA)(7)

1.8 %

1.5 %

1.7 %

1.5 %

0.4 %

Marketing expense as a % of loan

     originations(1)

2.08 %

1.73 %

1.53 %

1.38 %

1.44 %

Average balance - total loans and leases

held for investment

$ 4,797,639

$  4,767,573

$  4,890,619

$ 4,899,272

$ 5,030,204

1 %

(5) %

Net charge-offs - total loans and leases

     held for investment

$   42,493

$     47,852

$      41,899

$   46,078

$   76,128

(11) %

(44) %

Net charge-off ratio - total loans and leases

     held for investment(8)

3.5 %

4.0 %

3.4 %

3.8 %

6.1 %

Capital Metrics:

Common equity Tier 1 capital ratio

17.0 %

17.4 %

18.0 %

17.5 %

17.8 %

Tier 1 leverage ratio

11.9 %

12.0 %

12.3 %

12.2 %

11.7 %

Book value per common share

$    13.19

$      13.01

$       12.68

$    12.25

$    11.95

1 %

10 %

Tangible book value per common share(6)

$    12.49

$      12.30

$       11.95

$    11.53

$    11.22

2 %

11 %

(1)  Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, includes all loans originated during the respective periods (unsecured consumer loans, auto loans and

      small business loans). Previously this included unsecured consumer loans and auto loans only. In the first quarter of 2026, this update

      included $15 million of small business loan originations. Prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

(2)  Reflects loans serviced on our platform, which includes unsecured consumer loans and auto loans serviced for others for which servicing

      rights are retained by the Company.

(3)  Calculated as the ratio of income before income tax expense to total net revenue.

(4)  Calculated as annualized net income divided by average equity for the period presented.

(5)  Calculated as annualized net income divided by average tangible common equity for the period presented.

(6)  Represents a non-GAAP financial measure. See "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures."

(7)  Calculated as annualized net income divided by average total assets for the period presented.

(8)  Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, the net charge-off ratio is calculated as annualized net charge-offs for total loans and leases held for

      investment (at amortized cost and fair value) divided by average total outstanding loans and leases held for investment during the period.

      Prior to the first quarter of 2026, this was calculated based on loans and leases held for investment at amortized cost only. Prior period

      amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION
OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
(In thousands, except percentages or as noted)
(Unaudited)

As of the period ended

% Change

March 31,
2026

December 31,
2025

September 30,
2025

June 30,
2025

March 31,
2025

Q/Q

Y/Y

Balance Sheet Data:

Securities available for sale

$   3,867,576

$     3,706,709

$      3,742,304

$   3,527,142

$   3,426,571

4 %

13 %

Loans held for sale

$   1,836,121

$     1,762,396

$      1,213,140

$   1,008,168

$      703,378

4 %

161 %

Loans and leases held for investment

$   4,700,990

$     4,470,383

$      4,573,425

$   4,765,068

$   4,790,138

5 %

(2) %

Total loans and leases

$   6,537,111

$     6,232,779

$      5,786,565

$   5,773,236

$   5,493,516

5 %

19 %

Total assets

$ 11,939,839

$   11,567,816

$    11,072,515

$ 10,775,333

$ 10,483,096

3 %

14 %

Total deposits

$ 10,189,511

$     9,833,870

$      9,388,233

$   9,136,124

$   8,905,902

4 %

14 %

Total liabilities

$ 10,416,311

$   10,067,388

$      9,610,302

$   9,369,298

$   9,118,579

3 %

14 %

Total equity

$   1,523,528

$     1,500,428

$      1,462,213

$   1,406,035

$   1,364,517

2 %

12 %

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION
LOANS AND LEASES HELD FOR INVESTMENT BY DELINQUENCY STATUS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

The following tables present loans and leases held for investment (at amortized cost and fair value) by delinquency status(1):

March 31, 2026

Current

30-59
Days

60-89
Days

90 or More
Days

Total

Guaranteed
Amount (2)

Unsecured consumer (3)

$ 3,703,293

$   22,006

$   18,305

$     16,826

$ 3,760,430

$            —

Residential mortgages

147,730

1,719

—

25

149,474

—

Secured consumer

341,829

3,012

545

237

345,623

—

Total consumer loans held for investment

4,192,852

26,737

18,850

17,088

4,255,527

—

Equipment finance (4)

32,824

—

—

3,623

36,447

—

Commercial real estate (5)

480,877

—

399

10,295

491,571

38,372

Commercial and industrial

129,103

3,662

1,417

20,122

154,304

107,816

Total commercial loans and leases held for

 investment

642,804

$     3,662

$     1,816

$     34,040

$    682,322

$      146,188

Total loans and leases held for investment

$ 4,835,656

$   30,399

$   20,666

$     51,128

$ 4,937,849

$      146,188

December 31, 2025

Current

30-59
Days

60-89
Days

90 or More
Days

Total

Guaranteed
Amount (2)

Unsecured consumer (3)

$ 3,600,434

$   24,075

$   19,685

$    18,929

$ 3,663,123

$            —

Residential mortgages

150,099

—

888

86

151,073

—

Secured consumer

257,063

3,015

596

395

261,069

—

Total consumer loans held for investment

4,007,596

27,090

21,169

19,410

4,075,265

—

Equipment finance (4)

35,973

696

—

3,088

39,757

—

Commercial real estate (5)

461,307

—

—

11,182

472,489

39,507

Commercial and industrial

133,526

1,540

1,878

20,074

157,018

108,826

Total commercial loans and leases held for

 investment

630,806

2,236

1,878

34,344

669,264

148,333

Total loans and leases held for investment

$ 4,638,402

$   29,326

$   23,047

$    53,754

$ 4,744,529

$      148,333

(1)   Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, amounts include loans and leases held for investment measured at both

       amortized cost and fair value. Prior to the first quarter of 2026, amounts included loans and leases held for

       investment at amortized cost only.

(2)   Represents loan balances guaranteed by the Small Business Association (SBA).

(3)   Excludes basis adjustment for loans previously designated in fair value hedges under the portfolio layer

       method of $0.8 million and $1.6 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

(4)   Comprised of sales-type leases for equipment.

(5)   Includes $307.0 million and $286.8 million in loans originated through the SBA as of March 31, 2026 and

       December 31, 2025, respectively.

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended

Change (%)

March 31,
2026

December 31,
2025

March 31,
2025

Q1 2026

vs

Q4 2025

Q1 2026

vs

Q1 2025

Interest income:

Interest on loans (1)

$       199,897

$        185,814

$       166,173

8 %

20 %

Interest on securities available for sale

54,411

55,948

56,280

(3) %

(3) %

Other interest income

6,899

8,824

9,606

(22) %

(28) %

Total interest income

$       261,207

$        250,586

$       232,059

4 %

13 %

Interest expense:

Interest on deposits

84,971

87,558

82,100

(3) %

3 %

Other interest expense

2

1

2

100 %

— %

Total interest expense

84,973

87,559

82,102

(3) %

3 %

Net interest income

176,234

163,027

149,957

8 %

18 %

Non-interest income:

Origination fees (2)

130,088

109,562

69,944

19 %

86 %

Servicing fees (2)

13,113

12,845

12,748

2 %

3 %

Gain on sales of loans (2)

16,269

15,546

12,202

5 %

33 %

Net fair value adjustments (2)

(88,925)

(39,451)

(29,251)

(125) %

(204) %

Other non-interest income

5,472

4,942

2,111

11 %

159 %

Total non-interest income

76,017

103,444

67,754

(27) %

12 %

Total net revenue

252,251

266,471

217,711

(5) %

16 %

Provision for credit losses

390

47,158

58,149

(99) %

(99) %

Non-interest expense:

Compensation and benefits

65,514

60,638

58,389

8 %

12 %

Marketing

55,415

45,680

29,239

21 %

90 %

Equipment and software

15,293

14,410

14,644

6 %

4 %

Depreciation and amortization

15,819

16,641

13,909

(5) %

14 %

Professional services

11,767

11,353

9,764

4 %

21 %

Occupancy

6,391

5,457

4,345

17 %

47 %

Other non-interest expense

14,334

15,105

13,577

(5) %

6 %

Total non-interest expense

184,533

169,284

143,867

9 %

28 %

Income before income tax expense

67,328

50,029

15,695

35 %

329 %

Income tax expense

(15,725)

(8,475)

(4,024)

86 %

291 %

Net income

$        51,603

$         41,554

$        11,671

24 %

342 %

Net income per share:

Basic EPS

$           0.45

$            0.36

$           0.10

25 %

350 %

Diluted EPS

$           0.44

$            0.35

$           0.10

26 %

340 %

Weighted-average common shares – Basic

115,400,564

115,334,621

113,693,399

— %

2 %

Weighted-average common shares – Diluted   

117,333,435

118,855,315

116,176,898

(1) %

1 %

(1)  Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, we combined "Interest on loans held for sale," "Interest and fees on loans and leases held for

      investment," and "Interest on loans held for investment at fair value," into a single line item called "Interest on loans." Prior period

      amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

(2)  Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, these components previously aggregated under "Marketplace revenue" on the Income Statement,

      are now presented as separate line items. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION
NET INTEREST INCOME
(In thousands, except percentages or as noted)
(Unaudited)

Consolidated LendingClub Corporation (1)

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2026

Three Months Ended

December 31, 2025

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2025

Average
Balance

Interest

Income/
Expense

Average

Yield/
Rate

Average
Balance

Interest

Income/
Expense

Average

Yield/
Rate

Average
Balance

Interest

Income/
Expense

Average

Yield/
Rate

Interest-earning assets (2)

Cash, cash equivalents,

     restricted cash and other

$   775,385

$  6,899

3.56 %

$  905,427

$   8,824

3.90 %

$  893,058

$   9,606

4.30 %

Securities available for sale

     at fair value

3,737,199

54,411

5.82 %

3,695,980

55,948

6.06 %

3,397,720

56,280

6.63 %

Loans held for sale at fair

     value

1,910,017

64,531

13.51 %

1,530,624

51,006

13.33 %

723,972

21,814

12.05 %

Loans held for investment

     at fair value

807,486

25,467

12.62 %

455,168

12,292

10.80 %

921,008

25,410

11.04 %

Loans and leases held for

     investment at amortized

     cost:

Unsecured consumer

     loans

2,934,584

94,763

12.92 %

3,252,204

106,716

13.13 %

3,097,136

104,722

13.53 %

Commercial and

     secured consumer loans

1,055,569

15,136

5.74 %

1,060,201

15,800

5.96 %

1,012,060

14,227

5.62 %

Loans and leases held for

     investment at amortized

     cost

3,990,153

109,899

11.02 %

4,312,405

122,516

11.36 %

4,109,196

118,949

11.58 %

Total loans and leases held

     for investment

4,797,639

135,366

11.29 %

4,767,573

134,808

11.31 %

5,030,204

144,359

11.48 %

Total interest-earning

     assets

11,220,240

261,207

9.31 %

10,899,604

250,586

9.20 %

10,044,954

232,059

9.24 %

Cash and due from banks

     and restricted cash

26,343

32,308

30,084

Allowance for loan and

     lease losses

(262,466)

(275,187)

(239,608)

Other non-interest earning

     assets

668,486

644,221

593,740

Total assets

$ 11,652,603

$ 11,300,946

$ 10,429,170

Interest-bearing liabilities

Interest-bearing deposits (3):

Savings and money

market accounts

6,694,780

58,714

3.56 %

6,478,888

60,960

3.73 %

5,917,852

55,881

3.83 %

Certificates of deposit

2,488,015

25,174

4.10 %

2,400,374

25,377

4.19 %

2,172,242

24,866

4.64 %

Checking accounts

393,963

1,083

1.12 %

396,430

1,221

1.22 %

430,449

1,353

1.27 %

Interest-bearing deposits

9,576,758

84,971

3.60 %

9,275,692

87,558

3.75 %

8,520,543

82,100

3.91 %

Other interest-bearing

     liabilities

222

2

3.79 %

109

1

4.28 %

222

2

4.47 %

Total interest-bearing

     liabilities

9,576,980

84,973

3.60 %

9,275,801

87,559

3.75 %

8,520,765

82,102

3.91 %

Noninterest-bearing

     deposits

334,136

311,147

321,777

Other liabilities

233,776

240,642

237,155

Total liabilities

$ 10,144,892

$   9,827,590

$   9,079,697

Total equity

$   1,507,711

$   1,473,356

$   1,349,473

Total liabilities and equity

$ 11,652,603

$ 11,300,946

$ 10,429,170

Interest rate spread

5.71 %

5.45 %

5.33 %

Net interest income and

     net interest margin

$ 176,234

6.28 %

$ 163,027

5.98 %

$ 149,957

5.97 %

(1)  Consolidated presentation reflects intercompany eliminations.

(2)  Nonaccrual loans and any related income are included in their respective loan categories.

(3)  Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Amounts)
(Unaudited)

March 31,
2026

December 31,
2025

Assets

Cash and due from banks

$          19,528

$        11,749

Interest-bearing deposits in banks

782,415

905,905

Total cash and cash equivalents

801,943

917,654

Restricted cash

19,919

12,783

Securities available for sale at fair value ($3,908,834 and $3,733,780 at amortized

     cost, respectively)

3,867,576

3,706,709

Loans held for sale at fair value

1,836,121

1,762,396

Loans held for investment at fair value

1,237,850

473,314

Loans and leases held for investment

3,700,837

4,272,812

Allowance for loan and lease losses

(237,697)

(275,743)

Loans and leases held for investment, net

3,463,140

3,997,069

Property, equipment and software, net

273,472

254,088

Goodwill

75,717

75,717

Other assets

364,101

368,086

Total assets

$     11,939,839

$   11,567,816

Liabilities and Equity

Deposits:

Interest-bearing

$       9,781,568

$    9,459,483

Noninterest-bearing

407,943

374,387

Total deposits

10,189,511

9,833,870

Other liabilities

226,800

233,518

Total liabilities

10,416,311

10,067,388

Equity

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 180,000,000 shares authorized; 115,497,890 and

     115,368,987 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

1,155

1,154

Additional paid-in capital

1,701,280

1,719,233

Accumulated deficit

(150,196)

(201,799)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(28,711)

(18,160)

Total equity

1,523,528

1,500,428

Total liabilities and equity

$     11,939,839

$   11,567,816

LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Tangible Book Value Per Common Share

March 31,
2026

December 31,
2025

September 30,
2025

June 30,
2025

March 31,
2025

GAAP common equity

$      1,523,528

$      1,500,428

$      1,462,213

$      1,406,035

$      1,364,517

Less: Goodwill

(75,717)

(75,717)

(75,717)

(75,717)

(75,717)

Less: Customer relationship intangible

      assets

(5,039)

(5,685)

(8,206)

(7,068)

(7,778)

Tangible common equity

$      1,442,772

$      1,419,026

$      1,378,290

$      1,323,250

$      1,281,022

Book value per common share

GAAP common equity

$      1,523,528

$      1,500,428

$      1,462,213

$      1,406,035

$      1,364,517

Common shares issued and outstanding

115,497,890

115,368,987

115,301,440

114,740,147

114,199,832

Book value per common share

$             13.19

$             13.01

$             12.68

$             12.25

$             11.95

Tangible book value per common share

Tangible common equity

$      1,442,772

$      1,419,026

$      1,378,290

$      1,323,250

$      1,281,022

Common shares issued and outstanding

115,497,890

115,368,987

115,301,440

114,740,147

114,199,832

Tangible book value per common share

$             12.49

$             12.30

$             11.95

$             11.53

$             11.22

Return On Tangible Common Equity

For the three months ended

March 31,
2026

December 31,
2025

September 30,
2025

June 30,
2025

March 31,
2025

Average GAAP common equity

$    1,507,711

$    1,473,356

$    1,424,538

$    1,381,199

$    1,349,473

Less: Average goodwill

(75,717)

(75,717)

(75,717)

(75,717)

(75,717)

Less: Average customer relationship

     intangible assets

(5,362)

(6,031)

(6,722)

(7,423)

(8,182)

Average tangible common equity

$    1,426,632

$    1,391,608

$    1,342,099

$    1,298,059

$    1,265,574

Return on average equity

Annualized GAAP net income

$       206,412

$       166,216

$       177,096

$       152,712

$         46,684

Average GAAP common equity

$    1,507,711

$    1,473,356

$    1,424,538

$    1,381,199

$    1,349,473

Return on average equity

13.7 %

11.3 %

12.4 %

11.1 %

3.5 %

Return on tangible common equity

Annualized GAAP net income

$      206,412

$      166,216

$      177,096

$      152,712

$       46,684

Average tangible common equity

$   1,426,632

$   1,391,608

$   1,342,099

$   1,298,059

$  1,265,574

Return on tangible common equity

14.5 %

11.9 %

13.2 %

11.8 %

3.7 %

SOURCE LendingClub Corporation

LendingClub (LC - Free Report) reported $252.25 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2026, representing a year-over-year increase of 15.9%. EPS of $0.44 for the same period compares to $0.10 a year ago.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $252.98 million, representing a surprise of -0.29%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +16.56%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.38.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how LendingClub performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

Net Interest Margin: 6.3% versus the three-analyst average estimate of 6.1%.Net charge-off ratio: 3.5% compared to the 4.5% average estimate based on three analysts.Average Balance - Total interest-earning assets: $11.22 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $11.22 billion.Net Interest Income: $176.23 million versus $167.79 million estimated by four analysts on average.Total non-interest income: $76.02 million versus $85.21 million estimated by four analysts on average.Total Interest Income: $261.21 million compared to the $252.51 million average estimate based on three analysts.View all Key Company Metrics for LendingClub here>>>

Shares of LendingClub have returned +26% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +9.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.

LendingClub remains a compelling "Buy," bolstered by strong Q1 results and resilient credit metrics despite broader market fears. LC is delivering over 30% originations growth, supporting robust non-interest fee income and reinforcing its growth profile. Deposit growth, high-yield savings, and the rebrand to Happen Bank are reducing the cost of capital and enhancing net interest margins.

Scott Sanborn has been telling people LendingClub needed a different name for 10 years. The first audience was the board that ended up hiring him as CEO.

“True story: literally in the interview process,” Sanborn told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, “I said, ‘The name is very limiting and it is very transactional.’”

One might have filed the comment away as inside baseball. The company had bigger things to prove than the elasticity of its brand. But the observation didn’t go away. It  just had to wait for the rest of the business to catch up to it.

This summer, when LendingClub officially becomes Happen Bank, it finally will.

A Business That Outgrew Its Name Anyone who has followed LendingClub since the early days remembers the original pitch. Cut out the bank, let individual investors fund the loans, route everything through a marketplace. It was elegant on a slide. In practice, it had a ceiling.

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“That initial model saying, ‘Hey, let’s have individuals fund the loans,’ it isn’t that that model didn’t work,” Sanborn said. “It’s that it was not very scalable.”

The constraints were structural. Operating as a registered marketplace meant every routine business decision became a public event.

“We were required to make a public filing anytime we changed the price, anytime we changed the credit policy,” he said.

Imagine running a consumer lender where every tweak to the risk model gets posted for your competitors to read. That was LendingClub’s daily reality. Each adjustment took longer than it should have and gave away more than it should have.

The 2021 acquisition of digital bank Radius let LendingClub start solving for both problems at once. Deposits came in. A mobile interface tied lending and saving together. The company began operating as a bank in everything but signage.

“We needed a name that evidenced that we’re more than lending,” Sanborn said.

The mismatch had become a real-world headache. Customers didn’t always realize they were dealing with a bank. Some, Sanborn noted with a wry edge, kept confusing them with LendingTree.

Why ‘Happen’ — and Why Now The rebrand goes live this summer, and the thinking behind it is less about a fresh coat of paint than about how the products fit together. The whole point of buying Radius and building out the deposit side was to stop treating each customer interaction as a one-off transaction.

“Ours do actually work together,” he said.

The conversation came on the heels of the company’s Q1 earnings, released the same day as the interview, Monday, April 27. The numbers tell the story Sanborn has been building toward. More more than 5 million members, north of $100 billion in lifetime originations, and a deposit base that keeps growing alongside engagement metrics that suggest customers are actually using the platform, not just opening it.

When Bank Charters Multiply Like Rabbits There was a time when a FinTech going after a bank charter was a man-bites-dog story. That moment has clearly passed.

“There’s been more applications for bank charter in the first quarter of this year than in the last several years combined,” Sanborn said.

Sort of like rabbits in the spring, Webster remarked. The FinTech world is recalibrating. Access to deposits and clean regulatory standing have become table stakes for any company that wants to scale, and a lot of operators have apparently decided to stop pretending otherwise.

The ‘Motivated Middle’ For all that has changed, what Sanborn says about the opportunity in retail banking has stayed remarkably consistent. Data is still underused. Customer experiences are still uneven. Products are still designed around the bank’s org chart rather than around how people actually run their financial lives. LendingClub’s answer is to narrow the aperture, hard.

“The really big unlock for us is we focus on a very, very specific customer,” he told Webster.

Sanborn calls them the “motivated middle” — high income, high FICO, but still active users of credit and financial tools. They’re not the underserved bottom of the market and they’re not private banking clients. They’re people managing real cash flows, paying down debt, and the part Sanborn likes to highlight, building up an average of $19,000 in savings on the platform after working through their borrowing.

Sanborn said that customers participating in LevelUp Savings generate 20% to 30% more monthly logins than their legacy savings product. And 6 in 10 new LevelUp Checking accounts come from personal loan borrowers, and 84% of those borrowers said they are now more likely to consider a LendingClub loan in the future. Borrowers who have paid off their loans are accumulating average balances of over $19,000.

That last data point is important, Sanborn emphasized. It suggests former borrowers are using LendingClub as a primary savings vehicle.

The strategy of bringing lending and deposits together is built for that customer. More than half of new loan originations now come from existing customers. That creates the flywheel that keeps the customer engaged, sticky and growing with the business.

Same Kernel, Bigger Surface Area Webster asked Sanborn whether the rebrand felt like a departure from the original LendingClub mission of rewiring retail banking. He pushed back on the framing.

“The kernel of what we set out to do is still there,” he said. “It now spans everything we touch.”

In other words: same idea, more of it. Ten years on, the name is the last thing to change.

Shares of LendingClub (LC - Free Report) have gained 11.9% over the past four weeks to close the last trading session at $16.69, but there could still be a solid upside left in the stock if short-term price targets of Wall Street analysts are any indication. Going by the price targets, the mean estimate of $22.15 indicates a potential upside of 32.7%.

The mean estimate comprises 10 short-term price targets with a standard deviation of $1.8. While the lowest estimate of $20.00 indicates a 19.8% increase from the current price level, the most optimistic analyst expects the stock to surge 49.8% to reach $25.00. It's very important to note the standard deviation here, as it helps understand the variability of the estimates. The smaller the standard deviation, the greater the agreement among analysts.

While the consensus price target is highly sought after by investors, the ability and unbiasedness of analysts in setting price targets have long been questionable. And investors making investment decisions solely based on this tool would arguably do themselves a disservice.

However, an impressive consensus price target is not the only factor that indicates a potential upside in LC. This view is strengthened by the agreement among analysts that the company will report better earnings than what they estimated earlier. Though a positive trend in earnings estimate revisions doesn't give any idea as to how much the stock could surge, it has proven effective in predicting an upside.

Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

Here's What You May Not Know About Analysts' Price TargetsAccording to researchers at several universities across the globe, a price target is one of many pieces of information about a stock that misleads investors far more often than it guides. In fact, empirical research shows that price targets set by several analysts, irrespective of the extent of agreement, rarely indicate where the price of a stock could actually be heading.

While Wall Street analysts have deep knowledge of a company's fundamentals and the sensitivity of its business to economic and industry issues, many of them tend to set overly optimistic price targets. Are you wondering why?

They usually do that to drum up interest in shares of companies that their firms either have existing business relationships with or are looking to be associated with. In other words, business incentives of firms covering a stock often result in inflated price targets set by analysts.

However, a tight clustering of price targets, which is represented by a low standard deviation, indicates that analysts have a high degree of agreement about the direction and magnitude of a stock's price movement. While that doesn't necessarily mean the stock will hit the average price target, it could be a good starting point for further research aimed at identifying the potential fundamental driving forces.

That said, while investors should not entirely ignore price targets, making an investment decision solely based on them could lead to disappointing ROI. So, price targets should always be treated with a high degree of skepticism.

Here's Why There Could be Plenty of Upside Left in LCThere has been increasing optimism among analysts lately about the company's earnings prospects, as indicated by strong agreement among them in revising EPS estimates higher. And that could be a legitimate reason to expect an upside in the stock. After all, empirical research shows a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and near-term stock price movements.

For the current year, one estimate has moved higher over the last 30 days compared to no negative revision. As a result, the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased 5.1%.

Moreover, LC currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), which means it is in the top 20% of more than 4,000 stocks that we rank based on four factors related to earnings estimates. Given an impressive externally-audited track record, this is a more conclusive indication of the stock's potential upside in the near term. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>> .

Therefore, while the consensus price target may not be a reliable indicator of how much LC could gain, the direction of price movement it implies does appear to be a good guide.