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Univest Financial CorporationUVSPCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Regional Banks

Philadelphia-suburb bank (Univest Bank) offering commercial and retail banking, insurance and wealth management.

Momentum neutral 52
Mkt cap
$1.10B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$9.68M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.16×
price to book
ROE
10.0%
delivered
Implied ROE
9.1%
what the price asks
Next earnings
82 days
27 Jan 2027
Close · USD$40.47
1D+0.4%
1W+2.2%
1M-1.9%
3M-4.1%
6M+4.1%
YTD+23.6%
1Y+36.9%
ATR %2.6%
Beta0.46
52w lowhigh11.0% off high

What Univest Financial does

Philadelphia-suburb bank (Univest Bank) offering commercial and retail banking, insurance and wealth management.

Earns mainly the spread between loan interest and deposit costs, with commercial real estate and business lending the larger part, while fees from insurance, wealth management and mortgage banking diversify the mix. Operates from the suburbs of Philadelphia, mostly southeastern Pennsylvania.

Products and services

  • Commercial banking
  • Retail banking
  • Insurance
  • Wealth management

Customers

  • Southeast Pennsylvania small businesses and consum

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banks
  • Southeast Pennsylvania community…

What could go right

  • Regional commercial loan and fee-income growth

What could go wrong

  • Net interest margin compression
  • Regional economic slowdown

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Long-standing Philadelphia-suburb branch franchise with diversified insurance/wealth cross-sell.

Headquarters: Souderton, Pennsylvania, US · Founded: 1876 · Employees: 960

Named competitors

Univest Financial at a glance

Size Univest Financial (UVSP) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $1.10B, the 2190th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $40.47 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 4.1%, against +8.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 2.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.1%); the operating margin is 34.2% (peer median 37.7%).

Valuation It trades at 1.16× book value against a peer median of 1.13× (11th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.1%; Univest Financial delivers 10.0%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 3.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 27 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 110UVSP 106
Six months, rebased to 100: Univest Financial against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Univest Financial financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$525M$517M$500M$447M$328M
Revenue growth—+3%+12%+36%—
Net income$94.4M$90.8M$75.9M$71.1M$78.1M
Free cash flow$115M$92.7M$70.4M$85.0M$82.6M
Capital expenditure$5.13M$4.58M$8.81M$14.6M$5.22M
Total debt$251M$352M$417M$500M$474M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Univest Financial competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%+40%-20%0%+20%FSBCNBN73227184HBNC8600CCNE6190MBWM8393MCBSEGBNMCB8392SBSIPFBCUVSP6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Univest Financial is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%10×1.50×FSBCNBN73227184HBNC8600CCNE6190HFWAMBWMFRBT8393BFSTMCBSEGBNMCBSBSIPFBCUVSPReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Univest Financial is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

5%10%15%20%10%20%FSBCNBN73227184HBNC8600CCNE6190HFWAMBWMBFSTMCBSEGBNSBSIPFBCUVSPROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Univest Financial is the large dot.

Univest Financial competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (UVSP vs STBA vs CUBI)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Univest Financial UVSP$1.10B+4%+2%10%1.16×9.1%
S&T Bancorp STBA$1.79B+14%+2%10%1.27×10.8%
Customers Bancorp CUBI$2.82B+10%+8%14%1.29×14.7%

How Univest Financial compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Univest Financial against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureUVSPPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.9%+3.1%7th lowest of 21
6-month return+4.1%+8.4%5th lowest of 20
Return on equity10.0%11.6%8th lowest of 21
Price / book1.16×1.13×11th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E12.1×11.2×8th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies9.1%9.0%10th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered10.0%11.8%8th lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Univest Financial UVSPUnited States$1.10B+4%+2%10%1.16×9.1%10.0%
Five Star Bancorp FSBCUnited States$1.08B+6%+18%15%1.75×10.4%14.8%
Northeast Bank NBNUnited States$1.08B+1%+9%20%1.72×11.8%20.0%
San ju San Financial 7322.TJapan$1.08B+1%+23%5%0.72×6.9%5.4%
First Bank of Toyama 7184.TJapan$1.12B+10%+14%10%0.90×7.9%10.2%
Horizon Bancorp HBNCUnited States$1.07B+13%+424%16%1.52×12.0%15.7%
TOMONY 8600.TJapan$1.13B+6%+12%6%0.60×4.5%5.9%
CNB Financial CCNEUnited States$1.06B+15%+26%13%1.24×9.0%13.2%
Bank of Jiujiang 6190.HKHong Kong$1.06B+55%-2%1%0.20×3.5%1.5%
Heritage Financial HFWAUnited States$1.15B+3%+22%8%1.06×7.8%7.8%
Mercantile Bank MBWMUnited States$1.05B+16%+5%14%1.41×11.5%13.6%
Forbright FRBTUnited States$1.04Bn/a+11%11%1.01×6.4%n/a
Miyazaki Bank 8393.TJapan$1.16B+8%+8%7%0.77×6.2%7.0%
Business First Bancshares BFSTUnited States$1.04B+16%+7%10%1.02×8.6%10.1%
MetroCity Bankshares MCBSUnited States$1.04B+10%+25%17%1.78×12.2%16.9%
Eagle Bancorp EGBNUnited States$1.03B+28%-11%5%0.89×9.0%4.7%
Metropolitan Bank MCBUnited States$1.17B+5%+12%13%1.20×11.3%13.1%
Oita Bank 8392.TJapan$1.18B+13%+25%5%0.69×6.2%4.7%
Southside Bancshares SBSIUnited States$1.01B+2%+9%12%1.54×10.1%11.8%
Equity Bancshares EQBKUnited States$1.00B+7%+53%12%1.23×10.4%12.1%
Preferred Bank PFBCUnited States$1.22B+8%0%17%1.54×10.3%16.9%

Questions

Who are Univest Financial's main competitors?
Named competitors: S&T Bancorp (STBA), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), First Keystone (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), Northeast Bank (NBN), San ju San Financial (7322.T), First Bank of Toyama (7184.T), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), TOMONY (8600.T).
Is Univest Financial expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.16× against a peer median of 1.13×, 11th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.1%; Univest Financial delivers 10.0%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Univest Financial stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +4.1% against +8.4% for the median peer; over one year +36.9%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.