Eastern Bankshares Q1 Earnings: Looking Past Messy Headline Figures

  • Like the wider space, Boston-based Eastern Bankshares has been up and down since my last piece, with recent economic concerns undoing the stock's post-election rally. Eastern recently reported first quarter results. Although the headline figures look messy, this was driven by a balance sheet repositioning, and core trends were better. The stock continues to look cheap, trading for less than 9x 2026 consensus EPS and roughly 1.25x tangible book value.