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Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc

PNFPNASDAQ

SectorFinancials

IndustryRegional Banks

Beta (adjusted)1.02

Intrinsic Value $97.12median of 2 methodsbased on filings through 30 Sep 2025

Market Price $94.63Price as of 1 Oct 2026

Near fair valueIntrinsic value is 3% above the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

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Market Cap $14.3B

Shares Outstanding 151.1M diluted

Next Earnings Date21 Oct 2026

Last ex-dividend7 Aug 2026

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Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Pinnacle's first two reported quarters as a combined company show strong commercial momentum, successful recruiting, improving adjusted efficiency, and stable credit quality. Second-quarter loans increased by $2.879 billion sequentially, adjusted diluted EPS reached $2.50, the adjusted tangible efficiency ratio improved to 49.8%, and the preliminary CET1 ratio rose to 9.93%. The balanced rating reflects substantial remaining integration work, a planned system and brand conversion in the first half of 2027, deposit growth that lagged loan growth during the second quarter.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets20 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$110.00

Mean target$119.25

High · most bullish analyst$131.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$110.0020%

Loan growth continues to outpace core deposit formation, increasing wholesale funding dependence and margin pressure, while integration complexity delays expected efficiencies or disrupts client retention. A material rise in non-performing assets or failure to rebuild capital would further weaken the case.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$119.2550%

Matches the consensus mean

The combined company sustains healthy organic growth and gradually realizes merger efficiencies, while capital builds and credit costs remain manageable. Near-term results remain affected by integration activity, funding needs, and purchase-accounting comparability.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$131.0030%

Recruiting and client acquisition continue at the current strong pace, commercial loan growth remains diversified, merger synergies reduce adjusted expenses, and credit quality stays near second-quarter levels. This would support stronger earnings conversion from the combined franchise.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Second-quarter adjusted diluted EPS was $2.50, up 5% sequentially and 25% from the legacy-company comparison period, while the adjusted tangible efficiency ratio improved to 49.8%.
Pinnacle added 74 experienced revenue producers in the second quarter and had hired 124 year-to-date against its stated 2026 objective of 225-250.
Credit and capital indicators improved sequentially: the non-performing asset ratio declined to 0.50% from 0.58%, and preliminary CET1 increased to 9.93% from 9.81%.

Key Investment Risks

The combined franchise still faces execution risk from integrating two large organizations and completing full system and brand conversion, which management expects in the first half of 2027.
Second-quarter loans grew by $2.879 billion while deposits increased by $795 million; management attributed part of the nine-basis-point sequential margin decline to incremental wholesale funding reliance and deposit seasonality.
Reported results remain affected by merger costs and purchase accounting: second-quarter merger-related expense was $51 million, and historical year-over-year comparisons do not represent the same combined organization.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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