Umpqua Holdings Corporation's (UMPQ) earnings are expected to decline in 2020 on the back of expected reduction in net interest margin and non-interest income. Due to the margin outlook the management is concentrating on cutting down operating expenses, which will ease the pressure on earnings to some extent. The market appears to have overreacted to the prospects of earnings decline as the current market price is much below my one-year ahead target price.
Asset Sensitive Balance Sheet to Pressurize Income
UMPQ's yields on earning assets are highly sensitive to interest rate movements as