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How Junior Subordinated Notes Offering And Stronger NII At Customers Bancorp (CUBI) Has Changed Its Investment Story

Simply Wall St·12/25/2025 07:30:04
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  • In December 2025, Customers Bancorp, Inc. completed a US$100,000,000 fixed-to-floating rate junior subordinated unsecured notes offering due January 15, 2036, issued at 100% with a 1.5% discount per security and callable, variable-rate features.
  • This capital raise follows a 38.3% year-on-year revenue increase and stronger-than-expected net interest income, underpinned by higher loan and lease interest and more non-interest-bearing deposits.
  • We’ll now examine how this junior subordinated notes issuance, alongside stronger net interest income, may influence Customers Bancorp’s broader investment narrative.

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Customers Bancorp Investment Narrative Recap

To own Customers Bancorp, you need to believe it can keep turning its digital-first, cubiX-driven growth and rising net interest income into durable returns without letting risk concentrations get away from it. The new US$100,000,000 junior subordinated notes add long-dated, flexible funding, but they do not materially change the near term story, where the key catalyst is sustaining net interest margin momentum and the key risk remains concentrated exposure to digital asset related deposits.

The most closely connected recent announcement is the planned redemption of the US$85,000,000 Series F preferred stock in December 2025, which, together with the junior subordinated notes, reshapes the capital stack toward lower ongoing preferred dividend costs. For investors watching catalysts, this combination highlights management’s focus on funding efficiency alongside strong net interest income, even as the bank continues to lean into digital asset, fintech and other high growth verticals that can amplify both earnings potential and risk.

Yet behind these funding moves, investors still need to watch how concentrated cubiX and digital asset deposits could affect liquidity and margins if...

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Customers Bancorp's narrative projects $977.5 million revenue and $424.9 million earnings by 2028.

Uncover how Customers Bancorp's forecasts yield a $85.33 fair value, a 12% upside to its current price.

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Three Simply Wall St Community fair value estimates span roughly US$82 to about US$160 per share, underlining how far apart individual views on Customers Bancorp can be. When you set those against the bank’s growing reliance on digital asset related deposits and cubiX driven income, it becomes clear that understanding both the upside and the concentration risk is essential before forming your own view.

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